Terrence Hunt, AP
President Bush named a new press secretary on Friday, replacing the high-profile showman Tony Snow with his quieter, stickler-for-detail deputy, Dana Perino.
Snow, 52, battling cancer, said he was stepping down because he needed to earn more than his $168,000 White House salary _ an amount far less than he made as host of the “Tony Snow Show” on Fox News Radio and “Weekend Live with Tony Snow” on the Fox News Channel. “I ran out of money,” said Snow, the father of three.
Perino, 35, will be only the second woman to be White House press secretary when she takes over Sept. 14. The first was Dee Dee Myers in the Clinton administration. With a reputation for being thorough and getting back to reporters with questions, Perino temporarily became the public face of the White House when Snow was out of work for five weeks after a recurrence of cancer in March.
“He leaves very big shoes to fill, and I only wear a size 6,” said Perino, who is “almost 5-feet-1.”
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