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Dana Perino

Dana Marie Perino[1](born May 9, 1972) is an American political commentator and author who was the 26thWhite House Press Secretary,underPresidentGeorge W. Bushfrom September 14, 2007, to January 20, 2009. She was the second female White House Press Secretary, afterDee Dee Myerswho served during theClinton administration.[2]

Dana Perino
Perino in 2016
Member of theBroadcasting Board of Governors
In office
June 30, 2010 – December 31, 2012
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byTed Kaufman
Succeeded byMatt Armstrong
26thWhite House Press Secretary
In office
September 14, 2007 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
DeputyTony Fratto
Preceded byTony Snow
Succeeded byRobert Gibbs
White House Deputy Press Secretary
In office
2005 – September 14, 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
LeaderScott McClellan
Tony Snow
Preceded byScott McClellan
Succeeded byTony Fratto
Personal details
Born
Dana Marie Perino

(1972-05-09)May 9, 1972(age 52)
Evanston, Wyoming,U.S.
Spouse
Peter McMahon
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(m.1998)​
EducationColorado State University Pueblo(BA)
University of Illinois Springfield(MA)

Perino is apolitical commentatorforFox News,while also serving as a co-host of the network's talk showThe Five,and was a book publishing executive atRandom House.On October 2, 2017, she began hostingThe Daily Briefing with Dana Perinoon Fox News.[3]In early 2021, Perino leftThe Daily Briefingto co-anchorAmerica's NewsroomwithBill Hemmer.[4]In May 2023, Perino was awarded an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters fromCSU Pueblo,her alma mater.[5]

Early life and career

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Born inEvanston, Wyomingon May 9, 1972,[2]she grew up inDenver,Colorado.[6]Two of her paternal great-grandparents wereItalian immigrants.[7][8][9]She attendedPonderosa High SchoolinParker,asuburbsoutheast of Denver.[6]Perino graduated fromColorado State University Pueblowith abachelor's degreeinmass communicationsand minors in bothpolitical scienceandSpanish.[2]She was on the university'sforensicsteam and worked at KTSC-TV, the campus-basedRocky Mountain PBSaffiliate.[10]She also worked atKCCY-FMon the 2 to 6 a.m. shift.[11]Perino went on to obtain amaster's degreein public affairs reporting from theUniversity of Illinois Springfield(UIS).[12]During her time at UIS, she also worked forWCIA,aCBSaffiliate, as a daily reporter covering theIllinois Capitol.[13]

Perino next worked inWashington, D.C.forCongressmanScott McInnis(R-CO) as a staff assistant before serving nearly four years as the press secretary for Rep.Dan Schaefer(R-CO), who then chaired the House Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power.[10][14]

After Schaefer announced his retirement in 1998, Perino and husband Peter McMahon moved to Great Britain.[6]

In November 2001, Perino returned to Washington, D.C., and secured a position as a spokesperson for theDepartment of Justice,[15]at which she served for two years.[16]

Perino then joined the White House staff as the associate director of communications for the White HouseCouncil on Environmental Quality(CEQ), where she provided strategic advice on message development, media relations and public outreach.[17][18]

Press secretary

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Dana Perino,George W. Bush,andTony Snow

Perino was hired by White House chief of staffAndy Cardtwo months after theSeptember 11 attacks.Initially, she was associate director of communications for the White House CEQ in 2002.[19]

Perino served asDeputy Press Secretaryfrom 2005 to 2007. From March 27 through April 30, 2007, she was the Acting White House Press Secretary whileTony Snowunderwent treatment for colon cancer.[20]

On August 31, 2007, PresidentGeorge W. Bushannounced Snow would be resigning his post for health reasons where Perino would become his replacement.[21]Perino served as Assistant to the President and as White House Press Secretary from September 14, 2007, until the end of the Bush administration in January 2009.[22][23]

On December 14, 2008, a TV journalist,Muntadhar al-Zaidi,threw two shoesat Bush during aBaghdadpress conference. Bush successfully dodged both, but Perino's eye was injured by a microphone stand during the commotion surrounding al-Zaidi's arrest.[24][25][26][22]

Post-Bush administration career

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Perino speaking at the 2016Conservative Political Action Conferencein Washington, D.C.

Since leaving the White House, Perino became a politicalcommentatoronFox News.She is a regular co-host on thetalk show,The Five.In November 2009, she was nominated byPresidentBarack Obamato serve on theBroadcasting Board of Governors,an agency overseeing government-sponsored international broadcasting,[27]and was confirmed by the Senate on June 30, 2010.[28]In 2010, she started teaching a class inpolitical communicationspart-timeatGeorge Washington University's Graduate School of Political Management.[29]In March 2011 theCrown Publishing Group,a division of Random House, Inc., announced Perino had joined its books imprint Crown Forum as editorial director[30]but she has since left this position.[citation needed]

Beginning September 18, 2016, Perino's podcastPerino & Stirewalt: I'll Tell You What,co-hosted withChris Stirewalt,premiered as a weekly limited series on theFox News Channel.A new show was released weekly until Stirewalt's firing from the network after the 2020 presidential election.

In 2022, she served as a guest host of Fox News' late night talk showGutfeld!,as of 2023 she continues to serve as a regular fill in for host forGreg Gutfeld.[31]

In August 2023, it was announced Perino would host a new podcast entitledPerino on PoliticsonFox News Radioahead of the 2024 presidential election.[32]

On August 30, 2023,Fox News Mediaannounced Perino would moderate the second GOP presidential primary debate onFox BusinessalongsideStuart VarneyandIlia Calderón.[33]Towards the end of the debate, she asked the candidates to "vote [one of their fellow candidates] off the island." None of the candidates was willing to take her offer with the exception of Chris Christie, who later refused to reveal whose name he wrote down after a couple of candidates began criticizing the question.[34]The audience responded with laughter.[35]Florida Governor Ron DeSantis dismissed the question outright. "I'm not going to do that, with all due respect, we're here, we're happy to debate, I think that that's disrespectful to my fellow competitors," he said. The other candidates nodded in agreement.[36]

Other media appearances

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In May 2012, Perino appeared onJeopardy!during its "Power Players" week, facingKareem Abdul-Jabbarand CNBC'sDavid Faber.[37]

Personal life

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Perino met her future husband, English-born Peter McMahon, in August 1997. They were married in 1998.[38]

Perino has been a resident ofBay Head, New Jersey.[39] Perino had aVizsladog named Jasper who died on September 4, 2021.[40]A few months later, she announced on the Fox News Channel that she and her husband purchased another Vizsla named Percy.[41]

See also

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Bibliography

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  • And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side.Twelve Books. 2015. p. 256.ISBN978-1455584901.
  • Let Me Tell You about Jasper...: How My Best Friend Became America's Dog.Twelve Books. 2016. p. 272.ISBN978-1455567102.
  • Everything Will Be Okay: Life Lessons for Young Women (from a Former Young Woman).Twelve Books. 2021. p. 240.ISBN978-1538737088.

References

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  1. ^The Five: FOXNEWSW: March 10, 2014 2:00pm-3:01pm PDT,FOXNEWSW, March 10, 2014,retrievedJanuary 28,2021{{citation}}:CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^abcKeller, Susan Jo (November 26, 2007)."Dana Perino".The New York Times.Archived fromthe originalon June 2, 2010.
  3. ^"DETAILS: Fox News Channel to Launch New Daytime Lineup".Fox News Insider.September 26, 2017.RetrievedSeptember 27,2017.
  4. ^"Dana Perino co-hosts America's Newsroom with Bill Hemmer".RetrievedMarch 22,2021.
  5. ^"Colorado State University Pueblo Announces Dana Perino as 2023 Commencement Speaker".CSU Pueblo.January 30, 2023.RetrievedMay 15,2023.
  6. ^abcBarge, Chris (March 31, 2007)."Coloradan steps right into the media spotlight".Rocky Mountain News.Archived fromthe originalon March 27, 2008.RetrievedMarch 24,2010.
  7. ^Ruffino, Elissa (2008)."White house press secretary dana perino to address public policy lecture series".National Italian American Foundation.Archived fromthe originalon July 16, 2011.RetrievedMarch 25,2010.
  8. ^"Dana Perino – Voce Italiana Online – Washington DC".Voceitaliana.com. January 1, 2004. Archived fromthe originalon September 2, 2013.RetrievedJune 15,2012.
  9. ^Dana Perino Interview: "Minute Mentoring Interview with Janice Perino (a.k.a. My Mom)"March 28, 2013
  10. ^abZaletel, Cora (January 18, 2009)."White House Press Secretary to present Spring commencement address at CSU Pueblo".Colorado State University Pueblo.RetrievedMarch 24,2010.[dead link]
  11. ^"Perino's Faux Pas: Brian's Boner Recalled".wordpress.com.RetrievedAugust 25,2012.
  12. ^"Dana Perino – U of I grad makes good".University of IllinoisAlumni Association. Fall 2007. Archived fromthe originalon February 27, 2013.RetrievedMarch 24,2010.
  13. ^"Dana Perino – UIS grad makes good".University of IllinoisAlumni Association. Fall 2007. Archived fromthe originalon February 27, 2013.RetrievedMarch 24,2010.
  14. ^Baxter, Sarah (December 14, 2007)."Bush's cool blonde is a northern gran".The Times.London. Archived fromthe originalon September 18, 2008.RetrievedDecember 14,2007.
  15. ^Roberts, Michael (September 19, 2007)."New Forecast".Denver Westwood News. Archived fromthe originalon September 6, 2009.RetrievedDecember 18,2008.
  16. ^Brass, Kevin (September 21, 2007)."Media Watch: The Improbable Rise of Dana Perino".RetrievedDecember 17,2008.
  17. ^Marshall, Christa (August 31, 2007)."Coloradan takes over for Tony Snow".PoliticsWest, The Denver Post. Archived fromthe originalon July 15, 2011.
  18. ^"Dana Perino – Assistant to the President and Press Secretary".U.S. Government.RetrievedDecember 17,2008.
  19. ^Goldsmith, Jan (September 21, 2021)."Someone San Diego Should Know: Dana Perino".San Diego Union-Tribune.RetrievedDecember 8,2021.
  20. ^Abramowitz, Michael (September 1, 2007)."Tony Snow Resigns as White House Spokesman".The Washington Post.ISSN0190-8286.RetrievedJuly 24,2018.
  21. ^"White House Daily Briefing".C-SPAN. August 31, 2007.RetrievedFebruary 8,2017.
  22. ^ab"Dana M. Perino".The Washington Post.RetrievedJuly 24,2018.
  23. ^Carswell, Sue (December 2008)."Dana Perino's Ready for a Glass of Red Wine".Vanity Fair.RetrievedFebruary 8,2017.
  24. ^"Sole Survivor".Checkpoint Baghdad.December 14, 2008.RetrievedDecember 14,2008.
  25. ^"Bush ducks flying shoes during Iraq visit".CTV Television Network. December 14, 2008.Archivedfrom the original on December 15, 2008.RetrievedDecember 14,2008.
  26. ^"Iraqi Journalist Hurls Shoes at Bush".The New York Times.December 15, 2008. Archived fromthe originalon June 25, 2017.RetrievedDecember 15,2008.
  27. ^"Obama taps former Bush aide to key government post",AFP,November 19, 2009. Footnote augmented March 14, 2010.
  28. ^Kane, Paul (June 30, 2010)."Former Bush, Reid aides approved for broadcasting board".The Washington Post.RetrievedJuly 13,2010.
  29. ^"Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino to Teach at GW's Graduate School of Political Management".George Washington University.July 14, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon July 22, 2010.RetrievedJuly 14,2010.
  30. ^Yin, Maryann (March 30, 2011)."Dana Perino Appointed Editorial Director of Crown Forum".GalleyCat.Archived fromthe originalon January 14, 2012.RetrievedAugust 5,2012.
  31. ^"'Gutfeld!' highlights the best in animal videos ".Fox News Video.August 30, 2023.RetrievedSeptember 1,2023.
  32. ^Steinberg, Brian (August 14, 2023)."Fox News' Dana Perino to Launch 'Perino on Politics' Podcast for 2024 Election Cycle".Variety.RetrievedAugust 14,2023.
  33. ^Mastrangelo, Dominick (August 30, 2023)."Stuart Varney, Dana Perino to moderate second GOP debate on Fox Business".The Hill.RetrievedAugust 30,2023.
  34. ^Vazquez, Maegan (September 28, 2023)."Asked whom they'd vote off the island, Republican candidates stage a mutiny".The Washington Post.Archived fromthe originalon October 2, 2023.RetrievedJanuary 29,2024.
  35. ^Robertson, Nick (September 28, 2023)."GOP candidates at debate refuse to pick a challenger to 'vote off the island'".The Hill.Archivedfrom the original on November 17, 2023.
  36. ^McHardy, Martha (September 28, 2023)."Republican candidates refuse to answer 'Survivor' question at debate".The Independent.Archivedfrom the original on November 9, 2023.
  37. ^"Dana Perino's 'Jeopardy!' performance".Fox News Video. May 16, 2012.Archivedfrom the original on July 2, 2012.RetrievedJune 15,2012.
  38. ^Justich, Kerry (November 14, 2018)."How Fox News' Dana Perino met her husband by chance on an airplane: 'He's cute, and he's not wearing a wedding ring, and he has a British accent'".Yahoo! News.Archivedfrom the original on December 8, 2021.RetrievedDecember 8,2021.
  39. ^Cotter, Kelly-Jane."Coronavirus NJ: Fox News with Dana Perino, and her dog, broadcasts from Bay Head",Asbury Park Press,April 10, 2020. Accessed April 11, 2020. "Like many broadcast journalists, Fox News anchor Dana Perino now does this every day. Since March, when the COVID-19 pandemic prompted social isolation measures in New York City, Perino has been broadcasting remotely from her home in Bay Head."
  40. ^"Dana Perino: Goodbye, Jasper".Fox News.September 6, 2021.
  41. ^"Dana Perino: America, meet Percy Vizsla".Fox News.November 8, 2021.
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