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New White House receptionist is a West Wing pioneer: 'Deaf people can do anything'
NBC News ^ | 3/27/15 | Eun Kyung Kim

Posted on 03/27/2015 9:35:39 AM PDT by bigtoona

Anyone wanting to speak to the president must stop by her desk first. Leah Katz-Hernandez, 27, is the new White House receptionist.

She is also deaf.

“It’s a fantastic opportunity and also to show that deaf people can do anything,” she said through an interpreter, who is provided for her at work.

With a desk just steps away from the Oval Office, Katz-Hernandez is usually the first to greet anyone — from world leaders to White House staff members — who has an appointment with the president or his top-level aides. She also oversees the White House guest book and the Roosevelt Room, the West Wing meeting room, and is responsible for collecting cell phones before meetings with the president.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deaf; katzhernandez; whreceptionist
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To: bigtoona

Yep!


61 posted on 03/27/2015 11:40:49 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: bigtoona

Okay, I want to play major league baseball. I am a senior female and not in great shape, so I will get someone else to bat and run for me.

Yay! Seniors can do anything!


62 posted on 03/27/2015 11:43:24 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: GraceG

Next thing we’ll see is pilots with documented mental issues being allowed to fly passenger planes. Oh, wait....


63 posted on 03/27/2015 11:49:30 AM PDT by bigtoona
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To: bigtoona

And I thought Team Valerie had reached the limits of stupidity...and then, this....

64 posted on 03/27/2015 12:46:32 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: bigtoona

I think this story made me blow a circuit. I got all revved up to make a comment on the stupidity, liberal, outrage, etc., and then I just started laughing. I’m still laughing. We’re so screwed! Bwahahahaha!


65 posted on 03/27/2015 1:52:25 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: bigtoona
WHEN OBAMA HAS TWO BLIND PILOTS ON AIR FORCE ONE FLYING HIS LAZY ASS TO A GOLF COURSE....I'LL BUY IT.

OTHERWISE....NO! If she COULD do the job by herself...GREAT! But SHE CAN'T! She needs an INTERPRETOR. Crikey... might as well hire the guy from Nelson Mandela's funeral.

66 posted on 03/27/2015 4:55:17 PM PDT by ZinGirl (kids in college....can't afford a tagline right now)
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To: bigtoona

There are probably 2-3 interpreters for her due to muscle strains etc.


67 posted on 03/27/2015 6:21:01 PM PDT by cyclotic (Join America's premier outdoor adventure association for boys-traillifeusa.com)
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