Come Again?; Tony Snow Is Back at the White House, in a Job With More Questions Than Answers

From: The Washington Post | Date: May 15, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

The first time Tony Snow was agonizing over whether to leave journalism for the White House, he had lunch at the Army and Navy Club with William Safire.

"You must take this job," Snow recalls the New York Times columnist saying in 1991, "and when you do, I will write you an advice column."

But the advice column appeared the following Monday, touting Anthony Snow as a "hard hitter" with "independent right-wing credentials" who was Chief of Staff John Sununu's choice to be President Bush's speechwriting director.

Sununu quickly called to ask if this meant Snow had taken the job. "I guess it ...

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