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Snow to Leave White House Position

By TERENCE HUNT,
AP
Posted: 2007-08-17 21:26:08
Filed Under: Politics News
WASHINGTON (Aug. 17) - White House press secretary Tony Snow said Friday he'll leave before the end of the Bush presidency because he needs to make more money.

"I'm going to stay as long as I can," he said without elaborating on a departure date. Sources told CNN he may step down as early as next month.

Snow's comment caught White House colleagues by surprise, and they said they could not hazard a guess about when he might leave.

The 52-year-old Snow, the father of three children, earns $168,000 as an assistant to the president but made considerably more as a conservative pundit and syndicated talk-show host on Fox News Radio. He was named press secretary on April 26, 2006.

White House press secretaries in recent administrations have found the speechmaking circuit to be lucrative once they've stepped down. Snow was eagerly sought by Republican audiences before the elections last year, and in a break with tradition he made a number of fundraising speeches for GOP candidates.

The White House has been shaken by the resignations of some of President Bush's closest aides. Political strategist Karl Rove announced Monday that he would leave at the end of the month. Others who have left since Democrats won control of Congress are counselor Dan Bartlett, chief White House attorney Harriet Miers, budget director Rob Portman, political director Sara Taylor, deputy national security adviser J.D. Crouch and Meghan O'Sullivan, another deputy national security adviser who worked on Iraq.

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Bush's term ends on Jan. 20, 2009.

"I will not be able to make it to the end of this administration, just financially," Snow said. "This job has been such a pleasant surprise in how much I like it. I love it."

Snow has been undergoing chemotherapy after doctors discovered a recurrence of colon cancer in March. He said the last of eight scheduled chemotherapy treatments would be on Friday. On Monday he will have a CAT scan to evaluate his progress.

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jdart537 04:47:13 AM Aug 26 2007

Only if you have money.

jdart537 04:47:05 AM Aug 26 2007

Only if you have money.

kjwilliams2 12:04:06 AM Aug 24 2007

Unfortunately, Tony Snow is still a very sick man. I have empathy for him because of the Cancer. First hand experience has shown me that Chemo- is only as good as the strength of the patient at the beginning of Chemo treatment. A weakened patient is just burning up what little he or she has left when it is known that Chemo injection strong enough to overcome Cancer hastened the death of a much weakened patient. Sure some persons have been aided with Chemo, but look at the facts. They were not on deaths door step when the process was started

pfamily168 11:28:59 PM Aug 23 2007

Good Riddance!!!! That whole administration needs to step down. This is the WORST presidency of all time!!!

gander3402 11:13:19 PM Aug 23 2007

I think Tony Snow's resignation has more to do with his health than his financial situation, but also, it could be a combination of both. I've always liked his soft-spoken approach and have admired his intelligence. I've seen him as a gentleman among the ruffians of Washington. I pray that it IS because he needs more money, and not that he is in worse physical health than he is letting on.

sglstpaul 06:36:00 PM Aug 23 2007

Maybe Snow finally got fed up with kissing Bushes ass.

boricuawriter 06:10:00 PM Aug 23 2007

poor thing can't live on $168,000 a year? far, far more than the average person makes. his brutal honesty comes out as republican selfishness...

ddtamt 05:57:52 PM Aug 23 2007

Tony Snow is a great American- Loren 689w -GET REAL!

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Hey Saltyeli
Once you get your head out of your @ss -
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let alone run a country - his own kids don't even
like him - maybe he'll adopt you !!!!

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