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Jen Psaki: “You never are supposed to be the story when you're the White House communications director.”

On the recordJuly 26, 2017
You never are supposed to be the story when you're the White House communications director.
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Jen Psaki
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Psaki discusses the role of the communications director and critiques Anthony Scaramucci's approach.

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