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Jen Psaki is a political analyst, television host and former senior government official who was the 34th press secretary at the White House, serving from January 2021 until May 2022. Her career in Democratic politics began in 2001 on Iowa campaigns for Tom Harkin and Tom Vilsack, and she later was a deputy press secretary on the 2004 John Kerry presidential campaign and as traveling press secretary for Barack Obama's 2008 campaign. In the Obama administration she held a series of key communications roles: White House deputy press secretary, deputy communications director, spokesperson for the U.S. Department of State from 2013 to 2015, and White House communications director from 2015 to 2017. She also worked in public relations at Global Strategy Group and spent 2017 to 2020 as a CNN political contributor. Since March 2023 she has hosted Inside with Jen Psaki on MS NOW, adding The Briefing with Jen Psaki in May 2025. Psaki offers audiences a rare view from the briefing room podium, speaking on communication under pressure, crisis messaging, leadership and how Washington really works.