Robert Gibbs and Dana Perino Reflect on Grueling White House Schedule

Think your agency job is stressful? It’s nothing compared to working at the White House. The Washington Post‘s Michael D. Shear digs into the intense demands of working at the highest level of government, including thoughts from Press Secretaries past and present.

From Dana Perino, President George W. Bush’s last Press Secretary:

“There’s the pace. There’s the hours. There’s the intensity. There’s the anxiety. There’s the pressure for results…I used to get up at 4 a.m. every day.

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