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‘The New Washington’: Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Sarah Huckabee Sanders at a press briefing at the White House last month.Credit...Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times

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She has one of the most visible jobs in American politics, and she is the first mother to do it. The White House press secretary opens up about speaking for a president who believes he is his own best spokesperson.

On this week’s episode:

Michael Grynbaum talks with Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, about her life growing up as the daughter of a prominent politician, inheriting her position after her celebrity predecessor Sean Spicer quit and trying to manage coverage of a tumultuous White House while mollifying a boss who believes he is his own best spokesman.

For more on Ms. Sanders, read this profile »

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