MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With little pomp or circumstance, Sarah Huckabee Sanders stepped up to the briefing room podium and got straight to business Friday [7-28-17], reading announcements about ‘Made in America Week’ and a new executive order on defense. Minutes later, newly minted communications director Anthony Scaramucci announced she was formally taking over as White House press secretary.
In the aftermath of a chaotic communications staff shakeup at the White House last week, there was little attention paid to a new milestone as Sanders assumed the role: With her appointment, the White House, Pentagon, State Department and Justice Department were all officially represented by female spokespeople.
The moment marks the first time that women have concurrently served as the face of the most high-profile roles in an administration.
Sanders joins colleagues Dana White at the Pentagon, Heather Nauert at the State Department and Sarah Isgur Flores at the Justice Department, who each speak on behalf of their respective principals as the administration seeks to promote its message. The press secretaries for the Departments of Education and Interior, as well as Health and Human Services’ assistant secretary for public affairs are also women.”
-Betsy Klein, “The spokeswomen: A low-key milestone as Sanders becomes White House press secretary,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, July 27, 2017 10:52am