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Brian Karem

BIZARRE: Jen psaki not quite a love story - You Need To See This

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a daily briefing in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 25, 2022 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
Longtime White House correspondent Brian Karem writes a weekly column for Salon.

Jen Psaki spent her last Wednesday afternoon as Joe Biden's first press secretary much as she spent the last 16 months — working from the computer in her West Wing office while taking calls, handling staff and dealing with the press.

Surrounding her in the office, in most un-Psaki-like fashion, were half-filled boxes of personal belongings she's packing away as she prepares to leave the White House. It seemed a bit incongruous, the buttoned-down Psaki in an office that looked like chaos. 

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