Margaret Spellings comes into office replacing Education Secretary Rod Paige. She has worked with Bush since the late 1980s when they were introduced by Karl Rove. Most recently Spellings served as Bush’s chief adviser on domestic issues and she co-write the No Child Left Behind Act. Bush and Spellings are known to be very close. When Bush nominated her in November, he surprised many journalists when he kissed her just off the lips during the announcement ceremony.