Trent Duffy, a deputy press secretary, said the administration "does not want to negotiate in the media."

Joe Lockhart, the deputy press secretary, declined to explain the decision.

Jean Becker, a deputy press secretary, said the cancer was discovered about a week ago.

Ms. Roche joined the administration in 1995 as a deputy press secretary, and was appointed to the top job two months later.

Her mother is the deputy press secretary at the Energy Department in Washington.

Her mother is the deputy press secretary for the Federal Energy Department.

He was also a deputy press secretary in the Giuliani administration.

"I knew him slightly when he was a deputy press secretary to Jimmy Carter."

He served as a deputy press secretary for Pat Buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign.

"We're not playing down that at all," said Scott Hatch, deputy press secretary for the campaign.

Trent Duffy, a deputy press secretary, said the administration "does not want to negotiate in the media."

Joe Lockhart, the deputy press secretary, declined to explain the decision.

Jean Becker, a deputy press secretary, said the cancer was discovered about a week ago.

Ms. Roche joined the administration in 1995 as a deputy press secretary, and was appointed to the top job two months later.

Her mother is the deputy press secretary at the Energy Department in Washington.

Her mother is the deputy press secretary for the Federal Energy Department.

He was also a deputy press secretary in the Giuliani administration.

"I knew him slightly when he was a deputy press secretary to Jimmy Carter."

He served as a deputy press secretary for Pat Buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign.

"We're not playing down that at all," said Scott Hatch, deputy press secretary for the campaign.