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In the White House Press Room, Sarah Sanders Channels President Trump

Sarah Sanders is marking one year as White House press secretary, a job that requires her to understand and reflect Trump's combative style.
In the White House briefing room, Sarah Sanders often moves quickly from one news outlet to the next, cutting off follow-up questions and ending press conferences with many reporters' questions unanswered.

It's a typical part of the White House press secretary's job: defend the president and sometimes clash with reporters. But Donald Trump is not a typical president. For Sarah Sanders, that's meant an unusually combative relationship with the press.

This weekend marks one year since Sanders was named press secretary. She's coming off an especially chaotic week, spent explaining Trump's contradictory remarks about Russian interference in U.S. elections.

In the briefing room, Sanders often moves quickly from one news outlet to the next, cutting off

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