Mimi Hall Ms. Hall covers the White House for USA TODAY. Following President Obama’s election, she returned to the White House beat, which she had covered from 1996 to 2001 during President Clinton’s second term and the beginning of the Bush administration. From 2002 to 2008, Ms. Hall covered homeland security, including the establishment of the advisory office at the White House under former Governor Tom Ridge, the creation of the new federal department, and the government’s effort to tighten security nationwide in the aftermath of 2001 attacks. In addition to covering federal security policy out of Washington, she traveled across the country to report on security stories—from helicopters over the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico, at a chemical plant in Texas, on a Coast Guard cutter off the Florida coast, at a seaport in New Jersey, and beyond. From 2003 to 2004, Ms. Hall also covered the 9/11 Commission. Ms. Hall has been a reporter with USA TODAY since 1989, and during that time she has covered national political and presidential campaigns, Congress, and women’s issues in addition to the White House and national security. Ms. Hall came to Washington, DC, from Connecticut, where she covered city hall for the Norwich Bulletin after graduating from Trinity College in 1986. Previous • Next Speaker Bio
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