It's been more than 300 days since the White House press secretary gave an official briefing,
the letter’s other signees handled communications and public affairs for the State Department and the Pentagon.
“All of us have experienced the challenges of a regular press briefing whether at the White House, the State Department or the Pentagon,” the letter opens. “We all had days where the last place we wanted to be was behind one of those podiums. But day after day, we persisted.” White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham needs to start delivering regular briefings to reporters, a letter from several ex-government officials said.
“The public has a right to know what its government is doing, and the government has a duty to explain what it is doing,” they wrote, urging to carry on the tradition of regular briefings despite the president’s fraught relationship with the media.
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