** FILE ** In this Aug. 26, 1994 file photo, first cat Socks rests in the grass outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Two famous figures in the Bill Clinton White House, his personal secretary and ailing pet cat, Socks _ are back in the public eye. Clinton secretary Betty Currie is working for John D. Podesta, co-chairman of President-elect Barack Obama’s transition, at the same time reports surfaced that her adopted pet Socks, now 19, has cancer. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)