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Encyclopedia > Communications director
List of press secretaries
Year(s) Name
2003–present Scott McClellan
2001–2003 Ari Fleischer
2000–2001 Jake Siewert
1998–2000 Joe Lockhart
1994–1998 Mike McCurry
1993–1994 Dee Dee Myers
1989–1993 Marlin Fitzwater
1987–1989 Marlin Fitzwater†
1981–1987 Larry Speakes†
1981–1989 James Brady‡
1977–1981 Jody Powell
1974–1977 Ron Nessen
1974 Jerald terHorst
1969–1974 Ron Ziegler
1967–1969 George Christian
1965–1966 Bill Moyers
1964–1965 George Reedy
1961–1964 Pierre Salinger
1953–1961 James C. Hagerty
1952–1953 Roger Tubby
1950–1952 Joseph Short
1950 Stephen Early
1945–1950 Charles G. Ross
1945 Jonathan W. Daniels
1945 J. Leonard Reinsch
1937–1945 Stephen Early
† De facto Press Secretary
‡ Did not brief the press after March 30, 1981 (see Reagan assassination attempt)

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. Scott McClellan in the press room of the White House Scott McClellan (born February 14, 1968 in Austin, Texas) is the current White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush. ... Ari Fleischer conducts a White House press conference Lawrence Ari Fleischer (born October 13, 1960) was the press secretary for U.S. President George W. Bush from January 2001 to July 2003. ... Jake Siewert served as White House Press Secretary from September 30, 2000 to January 19, 2001 during the administration of President Bill Clinton. ... Joseph Lockhart served as White House Press Secretary from 1998 to 2001 during the administration of President Bill Clinton. ... Mike McCurry, born 27 October 1954 in Charleston, SC, and educated at Princeton and Georgetown, is best known as the former press secretary for Bill Clintons administration. ... Dee Dee Myers (born Margaret Jane Myers on 1 September 1961 in Providence, Rhode Island) served as White House Press Secretary for the first two years of the Clinton administration, from January 20, 1993 to December 22, 1994. ... Max Marlin Fitzwater (born November 24, 1942) was White House Press Secretary for six years under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, making him one of the longest-serving press secretaries in history. ... Max Marlin Fitzwater (born November 24, 1942) was White House Press Secretary for six years under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, making him one of the longest-serving press secretaries in history. ... Larry Speakes (born September 13, 1939) was the spokesman for the White House under President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1987. ... James Brady James Scott “Jim” Brady (born August 29, 1940) was Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan. ... Joseph Jody Lester Powell (born 1943) is a U.S. administrator. ... Ron Nessen (born May 25, 1934) was a press secretary for President Gerald Ford from 1974 to 1977. ... Jerald Franklin terHorst (born 1922) was the first person to serve as press secretary for President Gerald Ford. ... Ronald Louis Ziegler (May 12, 1939 – February 10, 2003) was White House Press Secretary during United States President Richard Nixons administration, from 1969–1974, and Assistant to the President in 1974. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Bill Moyers William Daniel Moyers (born June 5, 1934) is an American journalist and public commentator. ... Pierre Salinger. ... James Campbell Hagerty (May 9, 1909 - April 11, 1981) served as White House Press Secretary from 1953 to 1961 during the Eisenhower administration. ... Stephen Tyree Early (August 27, 1889 - August 11, 1951) was a U.S. journalist and government official. ... Charles Griffith Ross (1885 - 1950) was a U.S. journalist. ... Stephen Tyree Early (August 27, 1889 - August 11, 1951) was a U.S. journalist and government official. ... Chaos outside the Washington Hilton Hotel after the assassination attempt on President Reagan on March 30, 1981 The Reagan assassination attempt occurred on March 30, 1981, just 69 days into the United States Presidency of Ronald W. Reagan. ... The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States of America. ... A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ... Look up Administration in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The word administration is from the Middle English administracioun, deriving from the French administration, which is itself derived from the Latin administratio: a compounding of ad (to) and ministratio (to give service). In modern usage, the word has particular meanings in particular...


Responsibilities

Responsibilities center on 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 the official position of the Administration on the news of the day. The presidential seal was used by president Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...


The Press Secretary traditionally also fields questions from the press corps in briefings and press conferences, which are generally televised, and "press gaggles", which are on-the-record briefings without video recording, though transcripts are usually made available. A joint press conference by U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House. ...


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Director of Communications - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (259 words)
Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors.
The Director of Communications may be assisted by a Deputy Director, clerical staff and communications specialists and public affairs officers.
In U.S. politics, a Director of Communications is usually a senior aide to a Member of the House of Representatives, Senator, Judge, candidate for political office, the President of the United States, Cabinet Secretaries, and Government Departments.
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