Press Secretary Says He’Ll Leave
August 18, 2007
WASHINGTON
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY Tony Snow said Friday he’ll leave before the end of the Bush presidency because of financial pressures. He declined to say when he would depart, but that, “I’m going to stay as long as I can.”
Snow, the father of three , earns $168,000 as an assistant to the president but made considerably more as a conservative pundit and syndicated talk-show host . He has been undergoing chemotherapy for a recurrence of colon cancer . On Monday he will have a CAT scan to evaluate his progress.
– Terence Hunt, The Associated Press
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