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Katie Zakarian leaves post of White House press secretary

First reported by News.am: 21:58, 16 October

Updated 19:21, 22 sources

World. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Katie Zakarian is leaving the post of White House press secretary five days after her appointment. According to The New York Times, citing three sources, US President Donald Trump fired her, while the White House told RIA Novosti that she is moving to another position. Earlier, Trump said he had urged Zakarian to reconsider her decision to work in that post. Her first briefing lasted 14 minutes.

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Timeline as a list
  1. News.am (Opposition)
  2. Radar Armenia (Opposition)
  3. 1in.am (Balanced)
  4. Armlur / Joghovurd (Opposition)
  5. Factor (Balanced)
  6. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  7. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  8. Sputnik Armenia (Foreign)
  9. Oragir.news (Opposition)
  10. Mediahub (Opposition)
  11. Panorama (Opposition)
  12. Mamul.am (Balanced)
  13. Hraparak (Opposition)
  14. Public Radio of Armenia (Pro-government)
  15. Shant TV / Shantnews (Balanced)
  16. Public TV news (H1 / Lurer) (Pro-government)
  17. Hetq (Balanced)
  18. Haykakan Zhamanak (Armtimes) (Pro-government)
  19. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (Balanced)
  20. Infocom (Balanced)
  21. Civic.am (Pro-government)
  22. 168 Zham (Opposition)

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