The year is 1972, and, like most high-school students, Betsy Jobs (Kirsten Dunst) and Arlene Lorenzo (Michelle Williams) just want to have a good time. But when, during a class field trip to the White House, they cluelessly wonder into a behind-closed -doors, top-secret shredding session, it's time to both wag the dog, and walk it. Seeking to uncover just how much the witless duo discovered, the Commander-In-Chief, appoints the "Official White House Dog Walkers", and it isn't long before the girls go from taking out Checker, to taking out Tricky Dick, in this fun-raising comedy of historic distortions.