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JANUARY 20, 2021
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki Holds First Briefing

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki 
held the first press briefing of the Biden-Harris administration. She highlighted some of the executive orders that President Biden signed on his first day, which include rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, rejoining the World Health Organization, a mask mandate to help combat the coronavirus pandemic, and ceasing the funding and construction of the southern border wall. When asked about her role as press secretary, Ms. Psaki said she understands the “power of the podium, and the power of truth,” and that even though she and the press may not agree all the time, they have a common goal of “sharing accurate information with the American people.”




Jennifer Rene Psaki (/sɑːkiː/; born December 1, 1978)[1][2][3] is an American political advisor who currently serves as the 34th White House Press Secretary in the Biden administration.[4] Previously, she served as the Spokesperson for the United States Department of State and held various senior press and communications roles in the Obama White House.[5] She has also been a CNN contributor.

Biden administrationIn November 2020, Psaki left CNN and joined the Biden-Harris transition team.[19] Later that month, Psaki was named as the White House press secretary for the Biden administration.[20][21][22] She held her first press briefing in the evening of January 20, after the inauguration.[23]

from Wikipedia


Who is Jen Psaki, Joe Biden’s White House press secretary?
Date Published on Jan. 20, 2020

Press experience: Psaki served in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2017, according to The New York Times. She moved to the State Department in 2013, where she served as a spokesperson for Secretary of State John Kerry, the newspaper reported. She previously worked for Kerry as deputy press secretary when he ran for president in 2004.
Back to tradition: For the first question, Psaki called on Zeke Miller, a reporter for The Associated Press. The move returned to the briefing room tradition that allowed the wire service reporter to ask the first question, the Times reported.

Not involved: Psaki was not involved with Biden’s campaign during 2020. Instead, she worked for CNN as a commentator and also worked for private-public relations clients, the Times reported. She was also vice president for communications and strategy at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Connecticut Yankee: Jennifer Rene Psaki was born Dec. 1, 1978, in Stamford, Connecticut, and graduated from Greenwich High School in 1996, according to the Connecticut Post. Her father, Jim Psaki, is a retired real estate developer who owned Groton Community and Groton Multifamily in Connecticut, the Times reported. He now lives in Colorado. Psaki’s mother, Eileen D. Medvey, is a psychotherapist in private practice, according to the newspaper.    source from KIRO7




Jen Psaki conducted the first news briefing of President Biden’s administration on Wednesday just hours after the inauguration, vowing to bring “truth and transparency back to the briefing room.”
Jen Psaki, Biden’s new press secretary, pledges to bring ‘truth and transparency back.’


Jan. 21 - Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, conducted the first news briefing of President Biden’s administration on Wednesday and vowed to bring “truth and transparency back to the briefing room.”

Ms. Psaki’s appearance at the White House lectern just hours after Mr. Biden’s inauguration was designed to draw a stark contrast with the previous administration, which had engaged in verbal combat with reporters and had all-but abandoned briefings.

Unlike Sean Spicer, Mr. Trump’s first press secretary, who lashed out at the news media and lied about Mr. Trump’s inaugural crowd size during his first appearance in the briefing room, Ms. Psaki engaged in a largely civil exchange of information with reporters.

“There will be moments when we disagree, and there will certainly be days where we disagree for extensive parts of the briefing even, perhaps,” she said to about a dozen journalists in the room. “But we have a common goal, which is sharing accurate information with the American people.”     continue to read

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