Why White House press secretaries still matter

The NPR Politics Podcast by NPR

Aug 17, 202618:49News & Politics

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt leaves the post at the end of August. We look back at her tenure, why the job still has importance in the age of social media, and how the role of press secretary has changed....

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