Dana Perino on Washington Journal

Dana Marie Perino (born May 9, 1972) served as the White House Press Secretary for President George W. Bush. Perino served from September 14, 2007 to January 20, 2009. From March 27 to April 30, 2007 she was the Acting White House Press Secretary while her predecessor, Tony Snow, underwent treatment for a recurrence of colon cancer, which claimed his life on July 12, 2008. On August 31, 2007, President Bush announced that Snow would be resigning his post and that Perino would become his replacement. She was the second female White House Press Secretary; Dee Dee Myers was the first, during the Clinton