After graduation , August worked as the Press Assistant for Senator Bob Menendez . She served as Deputy Communications Director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in June 2007 after Deirdre Murphy left the post . August joined the Department of Justice as a spokeswoman in which she handled the press communications in high-profile cases such as BP oil spill and the department 's lawsuit against the state of Arizona related to immigration law
BP oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Hannah August