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Vedant Patel took the briefing room in the headquarters of the US State Department to represent the country on foreign policy issues before the media.
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Vedant Patel becomes first Indian-American to hold daily US State Dept press conference
Vedant Patel took the briefing room in the headquarters of the US State Department to represent the country on foreign policy issues before the media.
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Washington | September 7, 2022 7:06:52 am
Vedant Patel has created history by becoming the first Indian-American to hold the daily State Department news conference. (Twitter/@MattHill46)Vedant Patel, the Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the US Department of State, has created history by becoming the first Indian-American to hold the daily State Department news conference that his fellow colleagues said did with the utmost professionalism and clear communication.
With State Department Spokesperson Ned Price on vacation, the 33-year-old Patel from California on Tuesday took the briefing room in the Foggy Bottom headquarters of the State Department to represent the country on foreign policy issues before the media.
During his briefing, Patel covered topics ranging from Russia’s unlawful invasion of Ukraine, negotiations around the JCPOA and Liz Truss becoming the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
His next in-person briefing is scheduled for Wednesday.
Vedant Patel made an impressive debut from the podium. “Kudos to” Vedant Patel on his podium debut, tweeted Matt Hill, senior Associate Communications Director at the White House.
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