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| List of press secretaries |
| Year(s) : Name |
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2003 - : Scott McClellan 2001 - 2003 : Ari Fleischer 1998 - 2001 : Joe Lockhart 1994 - 1998 : Mike McCurry 1993 - 1994 : Dee Dee Myers 1989 - 1993 : Marlin Fitzwater 1981 - 1989 : James Brady 1977 - 1981 : Joseph L. Powell 1974 - 1977 : Ronald H. Nessen 1974 : J.F. TerHorst 1969 - 1974 : Ronald L. Ziegler 1967 - 1969 : George E. Christian 1965 - 1966 : William D. Moyers 1964 - 1965 : George E. Reedy 1961 - 1964 : Pierre Salinger 1953 - 1961 : James C. Hagerty 1952 - 1953 : Roger Tubby 1950 - 1952 : Joseph H. Short 1950 : Stephen T. Early 1945 - 1950 : Charles G. Ross 1945 : Jonathan Daniels 1945 : J. Leonard Reinsch 1937 - 1945 : Stephen T. Early |
The White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official with a rank one step below Cabinet level. The Press Secretary is the primary spokesperson for the Administration.
Responsibilties center around collecting information about what is happening inside the Administration and around the world, and getting that information to the media in a timely and accurate fashion. The information includes things like a summary of the President's schedule for the day, who the President has seen, called or had interactions with, and disseminating the official position of the Administration on the news of the day.
The Press Secretary traditionally also fields questions from the press corps in televised briefings and "press gaggles".
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