Dana Perino took over Press Secretary duties from Tony Snow effective 9-14-07. Perino, initially, was the Assistant Press Sceretary to Mr. Snow. In late March of '07, Snow took a leave of absence not for the usual reason of spending more time with his family, but because he had to battle a horde of evil cancer cells that doctors told him were in their last throes of insurgency*. During this time, Perino got a taste of what being a Press Secretary was all about. When Snow announced that he would resign his position because the invisible hand of the market told him he was worth more than he was being paid, Perino pounced on the opportunity to pick up the slack left by the absence of Snow's well muscled arms.