WASHINGTON, D.C. ? Conservative pundit Tony Snow will be named White House press secretary, Republican officials said Tuesday night, in the latest move in President Bush’s effort to remake his troubled White House.

Snow is to be named today.

He will replace Scott McClellan, who is stepping down in a White House personnel shuffle intended to re-energize Bush’s presidency, bring in new faces and lift the president’s record-low approval ratings. McClellan had served as Bush’s chief spokesman – the most prominent public figure in the White House after Bush – for nearly three years.