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How President John F. Kennedy Invented the Modern Press Conference
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His press secretary would suggest to a reporter, “If you ask the president this question, you’ll get an interesting answer.”
Eleanor Clift
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May 23 2017
3:32PM EDT
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Eleanor Clift
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