White House Press Secretary

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List of press secretaries
Year(s)	Name
2006–present	to be determined
2003–2006	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 Template:See

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.

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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 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.

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