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White House Security Clearances Controversy

April Ryan
April 3, 2019

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From left, Vice President Mike Pence, President Donald Trump’s White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, and Ivanka Trump, applaud during the 2019 Prison Reform Summit and First Step Act Celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Who is given security clearances in the White House is a big deal. The president overrode clearance denials for members of his inner circle, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. April Ryan speaks with Susan Rice, former National Security Advisor and former US Ambassador to the UN, on security clearance protocol.

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April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan