FILE- In this March 19, 1994 file photo, Socks the cat peers over the podium in the White House briefing room in Washington. Hillary Rodham Clinton in 1998 followed Bush‚Äôs lead, with a children‚Äôs book about family dog Buddy and cat Socks. ‚ÄúDear Socks, Dear Buddy: Kids' Letters to the First Pets‚Äù featured photographs of the pets, details on their habits and more than 50 letters from children to the pets. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)