Dana Perino
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| Born | Dana Marie Perino 1972-05-09 Evanston, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Colorado State University-Pueblo, University of Illinois, Springfield |
| Spouse | Peter McMahon |
| Party | Republican |
Dana Perino was one of 4 White House Press Secretaries under George W. Bush.
Cuba missile crisis
Appearing on NPR's light-hearted quiz show "Wait, Wait . . . Don't Tell Me," which aired over the weekend, Perino got into the spirit of things and told a story about herself that she had previously shared only in private: During a White House briefing, a reporter referred to the Cuban Missile Crisis -- and she didn't know what it was.
"I was panicked a bit because I really don't know about . . . the Cuban Missile Crisis," said Perino, who at 35 was born about a decade after the 1962 U.S.-Soviet nuclear showdown. "It had to do with Cuba and missiles, I'm pretty sure."
So she consulted her best source. "I came home and I asked my husband," she recalled. "I said, 'Wasn't that like the Bay of Pigs thing?' And he said, 'Oh, Dana.' "[1]
