WASHINGTON – Raj Shah has made his daily press briefing debut at the WhiteHouse, becoming the first Indian-American to do so.

In his capacity as the White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary, MrShah is the highest ranking Indian-American in the White House press shop.

Ahead of his debut behind press briefing podium, his boss Sarah Sanders,the White House Press Secretary, described him as one of the best and thebrightest in the Trump Administration.

Mr Shah, 33, has held this position since September last year.

“So proud to work with @RajShah45! One of the best and brightest in theadministration,” Mr Sanders said in a tweet before Mr Shah took the podiumin the historic James S Brady press briefing room of the White House. – PTI