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Snow’s Return
He’s back. He’s grateful. And he’s already feeling the heat at the podium.
White House Press Secretary Tony Snow, back in the briefing room for the first time since announcing in late March that he has cancer again, began today with a routine recitation of the president’s daily schedule.
And then he choked up (see photo above) as he offered thanks to those - including reporters in the room - who have voiced their concern for his condition.
“I’m a very lucky guy,” Snow said, noting he will begin chemotherapy on Friday that will span four months. He plans to do the daily briefings throughout the treatment.
“The design is to throw it into remission and transform it into a chronic disease,” Snow said. “If cancer is merely a nuisance for a long period of time, that’s fine with me.”
“I won’t tell you how it’s going to work out because I don’t know. But we obviously feel optimistic. And faith, hope and love are a big part of it,” Snow said.
Snow had colon cancer in 2005. He said today the chemotherapy will attack “some small cancers in the peritoneum” (the thin membrane that lines the abdominal and pelvic cavities.)
Snow had colon cancer in 2005. He said today the chemotherapy will attack “some small cancers in the peritoneum (the thin membrane that lines the abdominal and pelvic cavities.”
He recently underwent surgery to remove a tumor attached to his liver.
After talking about his cancer, Snow fielded questions about the topics du jour, including the resignation of a deputy secretary of state whose name turned up in escort service records, the White House vs. Congress battle over war funding and a query about whether the U.S. is winning the war in Iraq.
“Yeah, exactly, welcome back,” he said about the winning-the-war question.
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