Does Meghan O'Sullivan, President Bush's deputy national security advisor, qualify as a hottie? We think so; but the point has been vigorously debated. See here and here (especially the reader comments).

But perhaps this issue can now be viewed as settled. An operative just sent us this photograph of O'Sullivan -- a headshot from her modeling days:

Wow -- very impressive. If voters in our recent White House Hotties contest had seen this photo, perhaps the results would have been different.

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