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Joshua Ryan Henry Earnest (born January 22, 1975) is an American political advisor who served as White House press secretary under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017. He was Obama's third Press Secretary and the 29th to hold the position.
- An athlete. A Kansas City native, Earnest attended the city’s Barstow School on scholarship and played baseball and basketball there. One of his childhood friends said in 2012 that Earnest was a good jump-shooter, saying: “He has probably the best baseline jumper you’ve ever seen from the left-hand corner baseline.
- Wife does press for the administration. Natalie Wyeth Earnest was appointed assistant Treasury secretary for public affairs last May, serving as Treasury Secretary Jack Lew’s top communications adviser.
- Some thought he might get the press secretary job in Obama’s first term. When Robert Gibbs announced he would resign as press secretary early in 2011, The New York Times reported that Carney, Earnest and former deputy press secretary Bill Burton were the leading candidates to replace him.
- Started out as Obama’s Iowa communications director in 2007. Earnest joined then-Sen. Obama’s campaign in March 2007 as communications director for Iowa.
Jan 19, 2017 · Jan 19, 2017 7:15 PM EDT. By — PBS NewsHour. Leave your feedback. Transcript Audio. Josh Earnest, White House press secretary since 2014, was there when Barack Obama was running for president,...
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May 2, 2016 · White House press secretary Josh Earnest grew up in a modest house in Kansas City's Red Bridge neighborhood, never dreaming he would one day work in America's most famous house. "It doesn't...
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Joshua Ryan Henry Earnest (born January 22, 1975) is an American political advisor who served as White House press secretary under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017. He was Obama's third Press Secretary and the 29th to hold the position.
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