

Tony Snow conducts his first press gaggle in 2006 (Chicago Tribune)
Office of the White House Press SecretaryJust down the corridor from the Oval Office and, in the opposite direction, around the corner from the Press Briefing Room, are the offices of the White House press secretary and his staff. Journalists in the White House press corps are allowed to roam only this far into the West Wing without explicit permission and do so for regular "gaggles" that are less formal and not televised as the briefings in the Press Briefing Room are. |

Bush 2 Press Secretary Tony Snow meets with reporters on his first day on the job in 2006 (White House )

Press Secretary Scott McClellan taking questions, circa 2005

Bush 2 Press Secretary Scott McClellan taking questions in a morning press gaggle in his office, circa 2003 (White House)

Bush 2 Press Secretary Ari Fleischer in his office in 2002

A visitor in the office of Bill Clinton's press secretary, circa 1997 (Lura)

Nixon Press Secretary Ron Ziegler with assistant Diane Sawyer and Special Assistant to the President Frank Gannon,
immediately following Nixon's resignation announcement in 1974 (Nixon Library)