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THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2002

Who is David Walker? Well, he's the comptroller general of the General Accounting Office who has decided to sue the White House to get more information about the president's national energy policy.

Wait, what's the General Accounting Office?

If these questions have been in your mind in recent weeks, you aren't alone. But luckily, The New York Times has set out to capture the essence, sort of, of this man to help you uncover the mysteries.

It turns out he drives a blue Jaguar with vanity plates that read "CG GAO."

And he was a Democrat until he became a Republican in 1976 and subsequently served in the Reagan and first Bush administrations. He then became an independent in 1997, the year before President Clinton nominated him for his 15-year term as head of the GAO.

Get the Story:
GAO to Sue Cheney Within 2 or 3 Weeks (The Washington Post 1/31)
The Man Pressing the White House: David Michael Walker (The New York Times 1/31)
General Accounting Office to Sue White House (The New York Times 1/31)
A Closer Look: David Michael Walker (The New York Times 1/31)
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