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Jose Garcia

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Tue Jan 31, 2017, 03:11 PM Jan 2017

WH announces first picks for 'Skype seats' at press briefings

Source: The Hill

The White House has announced the first four people selected for the inaugural launch of "Skype seats," aimed at allowing individuals outside Washington, D.C., to participate in the daily White House press briefings.

Natalie Herbick of Fox-8 in Cleveland, conservative radio talk show host Lars Larson of "The Lars Larson Show," Jeff Jobe of Jobe Publishing in Kentucky and Kimberly Kalunian of WPRI in Providence, R.I., will all be joining the Wednesday press briefing via video conferencing, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday.

Kalunian interviewed Spicer, a Rhode Island native, shortly after he got the press secretary job.

"Not sure how she snuck in there," Spicer joked.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/media/317145-wh-announces-first-picks-for-skype-seats-at-press-briefings

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