"\n    Provide the highlights for the following article:\n    WASHINGTON (CNN) -- White House press secretary NAME_1, who is undergoing treatment for cancer, will step down from his post September 14 and be replaced by deputy press secretary NAME_2, the White House announced Friday. White House press secretary NAME_1 will step down from his post on September 14. President NAME_3 told reporters Friday that he will \"sadly accept\" NAME_4's resignation. Flanked by NAME_4 and NAME_5 in the White House press room, the president spoke warmly of his departing press secretary. \"It's been a joy to watch him spar with you,\" NAME_3 told reporters.  Watch the announcement about NAME_4 leaving \u00bb . NAME_3 said he was certain of two things in regard to NAME_4. \"He'll battle cancer and win,\" NAME_3 said, \"and he'll be a solid contributor to society.\" Turning to NAME_4, the president then said: \"I love you, and I wish you all the best.\" NAME_4, speaking after NAME_3 at the start of the daily White House news conference, said he was leaving to earn more money. He took a big pay cut, he said, when he left his previous jobs as anchor and political analyst for Fox News. According to The Washington Post, NAME_4 makes $168,000 as the White House spokesman. His family took out a loan when he started the job, \"and that loan is now gone.\" \"This job has really been a dream for me, a blast. I've had an enormous amount of fun and satisfaction,\" NAME_4 said. He said he would continue to speak out on issues, and would do \"some radio, some TV, but I don't anticipate full-time anchor duties.\" NAME_4 said he's received great satisfaction from talking to people about his illness. NAME_4's cancer was diagnosed for the first time in February 2005. His colon was removed, and after six months of treatment, doctors said the cancer was in remission. NAME_5 announced March 27 that NAME_4's cancer had recurred, and that doctors had removed a growth from his abdomen the day before. Sources told CNN two weeks ago that NAME_4 was planning to leave his job, possibly as early as September. NAME_3 tapped NAME_4 to replace NAME_6 NAME_7 in April 2006. NAME_4 had been an anchor for \"Fox News Sunday\" and a political analyst for the Fox News Channel, which he joined in 1996. He also hosted \"The NAME_1 Show\" on Fox News Radio. On Thursday, NAME_4 told CNN his health is improving, citing two medical tests this month that found the cancer has not spread. \"The tumors are stable -- they are not growing,\" NAME_4 said of the results from an MRI and a CAT scan. \"And there are Your entire response should be in English, and in all capital letters.
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