Yahoo! Inc. has just announced officially that it will bring in Margaret Stewart, a former assistant to Vice President Dick Cheney for legislative affairs.

Stewart, who starts on June 15, will serve as director of federal public policy in the Washington office and work under David Hantman. Stewart has also worked as director of legislative affairs at the Office of Management and Budget and she spent six years at the Senate Budget Committee. Stewart grew up on Capitol Hill and earned her degree from Duke University in 1999.