NEW YORK – If there's one thing clear after White House press secretary Jen Psaki's first session with reporters on Wednesday, it's that she's determined to minimize drama in the briefing room.Her 31-minute news conference stood in stark contrast to Sean Spicer's first time before reporters four years earlier.

Spicer made the plainly false claim that President Donald Trump's inauguration crowd was the largest in history, which he later said he regretted.Psaki's session was sedate, even boring at times, due at least in part to the newness of the administration.She promised to make the sessions a weekday routine ("not Saturday and Sunday.

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Biden rescinds abortion restrictions on US foreign aid

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Sinclair Broadcasting ends Eric Bolling's weekly show

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Biden oath second only to Reagan and Obama with TV viewers

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Biden tells Merkel he wants to revitalize Germany alliance

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Biden administration looks to 'speed up' efforts to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill

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AP source: Biden to drop Trump's military transgender ban

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The U.S. Department of Labor building is pictured in Washington on Thursday, April 2, 2020.

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Testing wristbands, masks signs of a new boss at White House

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Fauci cites ‘liberating feeling’ in pandemic update during 2nd Biden White House press briefing

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Psaki relinquishes podium to Fauci for pandemic update during 2nd Biden White House press briefing

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Biden to keep FBI Director Christopher Wray

FILE - FBI Director is Christopher A. Wray speaks to the media during a news conference at FBI Headquarters, on June 14, 2018 in Washington, DC.

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Revenue at Trump hotels, resorts hit hard by pandemic

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Oval Office decor gets makeover for new Biden administration

President Joe Biden holds a pen as he prepares to sign a series of orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, after being sworn in at the US Capitol on January 20, 2021.

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Under Biden, world leaders hope for renewed US cooperation

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On first full day in WH, Joe Biden to sign 10 executive orders to combat Covid

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Smooth Psaki shows new tone in first Biden press briefing

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