Goodness knows the job of White House press secretary can be frustrating. I worked for three of them, and there were many days when they wanted to run crying from the West Wing (for a variety of reasons).

Being the presidential spokesperson is the only job in the entire U.S. government in which one serves two very demanding masters who are often at odds with each other. The press secretary is the president’s ambassador to the press and the press’ ambassador to the president.

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