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0	2480	This 29-year-old former beauty queen
2480	3920	might become the new [music] mouthpiece
3920	5960	for the Trump administration. White
5960	8000	House press secretary Karoline Leavitt's
8000	9720	August 12th announcement that she's
9720	11960	leaving her role stunned the nation and
11960	13760	triggered a massive buzz about who might
13760	15880	replace her behind the briefing room
15880	18640	lectern. However, White House deputy
18640	21200	press secretary Anna Kelly has emerged
21200	23040	as a favorite to take on the role,
23040	25320	according to prediction markets. Given
25320	27160	that Kelly is immediately below Leavitt
27160	28680	in the White House communications
28680	30880	echelon, she could have a leg up on the
30880	32920	competition with direct experience
32920	35120	around the role. Nonetheless, Kelly
35120	37160	presents a distinctly unique resume for
37160	39440	a senior White House aide. Prior to her
39440	41720	career in politics, Kelly competed as a
41720	43840	beauty queen, winning Miss State Fair of
43840	45840	Virginia in 2019
45840	49280	and Miss Madison in Wisconsin in 2022.
49280	51560	She graduated from Auburn University
51560	53240	with a degree in political science in
53240	55840	2017 and later attended George
55840	57920	Washington University, where she earned
57920	59605	her master's in political management
59605	61440	[music] in 2021.
61440	64239	During her time at GW, Kelly began her
64239	66000	career in politics when she became the
66000	67560	communications director for the
67560	70160	Wisconsin Republican National Committee.
70160	72680	Just 3 years later, the Virginia native
72680	74360	found herself as the national press
74360	77200	secretary of the RNC. At the start of
77200	79360	President Trump's second term, Kelly was
79360	81240	selected as the principal deputy press
81240	83200	secretary, where she's been operating
83200	85760	under Karoline Leavitt. This year, Kelly
85760	87480	emerged in the spotlight while Leavitt
87480	89720	was away on maternity leave, taking on
89720	91680	the role as a public representative of
91680	92960	the administration.
92960	94880	>> Nothing's changed. The president, as he
94880	97240	said time and time again, is extremely
97240	99800	serious. Iran, a country that for 47
99800	102840	years has chanted death to America, has
102840	104680	threatened our troops overseas, can
104680	106840	never possess a nuclear [music] weapon.
106840	108640	>> Leavitt announced that she was departing
108640	110600	to spend more time raising her two young
110600	112800	children and is expected to remain a
112800	114626	close adviser to the president.
114626	114640	>> [music]
114640	116520	>> Sources within and close to the
116520	118960	administration told the post that other
118960	120920	early frontrunners for the role are
120920	122960	believed to include Alina Habba, the
122960	124720	former acting US attorney [music] for
124720	127000	New Jersey, and Breitbart Washington
127000	129360	Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle. A White
129360	131360	House source recently told the post that
131360	133400	Trump has not yet decided on a permanent
133400	135040	replacement for Levitt, who will be
135040	139000	leaving her role at the end of August.