Sarah McClendon
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| Born | 8 July 1910 |
| Died | 8 January 2003 |
| Interests | Kay Griggs |
Sarah Newcomb McClendon was a long-time White House reporter who covered presidential politics for a half century.
Career
McClendon founded her own freelance news service as a single mother in the post-World War II era, and became known as a model for women in the press and as a vocal advocate of various causes, particularly those of United States military veterans. She was best known for posing sharp, blunt questions at United States presidential press conferences.[1] She is said to have once angered Lyndon Johnson so much, that he had her fired as Washington correspondent from some of her papers.[2]
At her funeral Bill Clinton gave a video tribute and President George W. Bush sent a personal representative.[3]
