Occupation: Former White House Press Secretary Birth: September 1, 1961
I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't..
I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't. Hey, it made me a better ….
I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for men in the same positi….
You as the press secretary have to protect the president's interests and the White House's interests more broadly. And a lot of people inside the Whi….
Women have to be the biggest champions in the world of other women's choices..
Study after study confirms that even when you control for variables like profession, education, hours worked, age, marital status, and children, men ….
Obama seemed poised to realign American politics after his stunning 2008 victory. But the economy remains worse than even the administration's worst-….
I know I made plenty of mistakes in my tenure. But one of the things that you learn is to be very careful and to protect yourself down the road a lit….
As women slowly gain power, their values and priorities are reshaping the agenda. A multitude of studies show that when women control the family fund….
Research confirms that both Republican and Democratic women are more likely than their male counterparts to initiate and fight for bills that champio….
That's not to say that women's priorities are better than men's. Rather, when women are empowered, when they can speak from the experience of their o….
Women have a lot of power in private life. There are many men who would say, 'Hey, women already rule my life.' But with women, more is more. The mor….
Clinton's resilience became sort of the secret weapon of the campaign. He was never going to just give up and get out..
Yes, Bill Clinton is a big flirt..
Many differences are rooted in biology and reinforced through culture, so it's important to acknowledge that. Because if you say men and women are th….
Obama has made America cool again - and more than that, he's made his own brand arguably the most powerful the world has ever known..
'Not again!' I thought to myself this morning, as news trickled out that John McCain was set to pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate.….
No doubt, the White House thinks the American people know Obama's story. But since the Inauguration, we've seen only the president's present: his per….
Part of Obama's persona is self-reliance. He's calm; he's cool; he's self-possessed. In many ways, he has tried to define himself in opposition to Cl….
When I became White House press secretary, there were other limitations that were thrust upon me. Bill Clinton was under pressure to appoint women to….
Trying to negotiate getting a couple of kids to watch the same TV show requires serious diplomacy..