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In December 2005, the White House announced the intention to renovate the aging Press Briefing Room and cramped press corps offices. [5] On August 2, 2006, the final briefing was held, and President George W. Bush hosted several previous press secretaries at a closing ceremony and there was some hesitation and concern about whether the press would be allowed to return to the White House.
The White House press corps is the group of journalists, correspondents, and members of the media usually assigned to the White House in Washington, D.C., to cover the president of the United States, White House events, and news briefings. Its offices are located in the West Wing.
The White House press secretary is a senior White House official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the executive branch of the United States federal government, especially with regard to the president, senior aides and executives, as well as government policies. The press secretary is responsible for collecting ...
Recorded February 6, 2023. Karine Jean-Pierre (born August 13, 1974) [c] is an American political advisor who has been serving as the White House press secretary since May 13, 2022, and a senior advisor to President Joe Biden since October 7, 2024. She is the first black person and the first openly LGBT person to serve in the position of White ...
West Wing. Coordinates: 38.8975°N 77.0376°W. The West Wing (lower right) at night in December 2006. The White House complex. The West Wing of the White House houses the formal office for the president of the United States. [1] The West Wing contains the Oval Office, [2] the Cabinet Room, [3] the Situation Room, [4] and the Roosevelt Room.
The White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) is an organization of journalists who cover the White House and the president of the United States.The WHCA was founded on February 25, 1914, by journalists in response to an unfounded rumor that a United States congressional committee would select which journalists could attend press conferences of President Woodrow Wilson.
James Scott Brady (August 29, 1940 – August 4, 2014) was an American public official who served as assistant to the U.S. president and the 17th White House Press Secretary, serving under President Ronald Reagan. In 1981, John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded Brady during Hinckley’s attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, which occurred two ...
Excerpt from the declassified copy of the President's Daily Brief, dated August 6, 2001. The President's Daily Brief, sometimes referred to as the President's Daily Briefing or the President's Daily Bulletin, is a top-secret document produced and given each morning to the president of the United States; it is also distributed to a small number of top-level US officials who are approved by the ...