Betty Grace Currie (née Williams; born November 10, 1939) is an American government official who served as the personal secretary for Bill Clinton during his tenure as president of the United States.
Currie's rise in the government bureaucracy began when Joseph Blatchford became Peace Corps director in 1969 and needed a new secretary.
[5] Currie testified in front of the grand jury responsible for the perjury investigation in relation to Clinton's statement in the Paula Jones case.
The gifts included, among other things, a hat pin, two brooches, a blanket, a marble bear figurine, T-shirt from Martha's Vineyard, and Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass; the poetry book was of interest as Bill had given a copy to Hillary also.
It was also revealed that Currie had asked Clinton's friend Vernon Jordan to help Lewinsky find a job in New York on December 8, 1997.
[11] This, added to similar incidents involving other potential witnesses, led to Clinton's subsequent impeachment charge of obstruction of justice.
[15] In December 2008 Currie returned to Washington, answering phones for the co-chairman of President-elect Barack Obama's transition, John Podesta.