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Doug Emhoff is America's first second gentleman. In Paris, he showed what that means

Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Harris, is taking a very traditional approach to his role of second spouse. The Paris trip was their first diplomatic trip abroad.
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff meets with interns during a visit to a culinary school in Paris on Nov. 12.

It was a light-hearted moment at the end of the first diplomatic abroad for Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff.

Before she got on Air Force Two to return to Washington, Harris, who loves to cook, made a quick stop at E. Dehillerin, the iconic purveyor of cookware.

"I am looking around, but I want to buy a pot," Harris told the

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