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According to her resume, she never worked for Reed however she did work at two of the law firms where Abramoff also worked (in bold text below). I thought that she used to work for Norquist. But have not been able to locate my info on this. Afterall, whoever called to talk with Rove, Ralston would call Norquist to confirm whether or not Rove would return call.

According to a 2004 Salon piece, she also had a role with one of conservative Washington's leading men, Grover Norquist, in which she took messages for Rove and called Norquist to screen callers.

"For two years, the assistant who answered Rove's phone was a woman who had previously worked for lobbyist Jack Abramoff, a close friend of Norquist's and a top DeLay fundraiser," Salon reported. "One Republican lobbyist, who asked not to be named because DeLay and Rove have the power to ruin his livelihood, said the way Rove's office worked was this: 'Susan took a message for Rove, and then called Grover to ask if she should put the caller through to Rove. If Grover didn't approve, your call didn't go through.'"

Susan Ralston, Executive Assistant to Karl C. Rove, the Senior Advisor to the President of the United States.
Ms. Ralston assists Mr. Rove in overseeing the strategic planning, political affairs, public liaison, and intergovernmental affairs efforts of the White House.
Prior to her current public service, Ms. Ralston was the Assistant Director of Governmental Affairs at Greenberg Traurig and also worked for the lobbying firm of Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds, LLP.
Before moving to Washington, D.C., Ms. Ralston was an office administrator for M&J Wilkow, Ltd., a commercial real estate firm in Chicago, Illinois.
Ms. Ralston received a Bachelors of Arts degree with honors from the University of Loyola at Chicago and has an M.B.A. from Keller Graduate School of Management

Here is an excellent article from the Washington Post. They give a detailed account of Abramoff and Company. Although there are a couple of things that don't add up;
Why didn't they mention by name the journalist who took Abramoff's money?
Susan Ralston's resume doesn't mention that she worked for Reed, Why is that, am I missing something here? I included her resume above.

Washington Post