Helen Thomas
Helen Amelia Thomas (Amụrụ n'ọnwa August 4, 1920 n'ọnwa July 20, 2013) bụ onye nta akụkọ America na onye edemede, na onye na-eje ozi ogologo oge na White House press corps. Ọ kpuchiri White House n'oge ọchịchị nke ndị isi ala US iri site na mmalite nke ọchịchị Kennedy ruo n'afọ nke abụọ nke ọchịchị Obama.

Thomas rụrụ ọrụ na United Press na onye nọchiri United Press International (UPI) ruo afọ 57, nke mbụ dị ka onye na-ede akwụkwọ, ma mesịa dị ka onye njikwa ụlọ ọrụ White House. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ede akwụkwọ akụkọ maka Hearst Newspapers site n'afọ 2000 ruo afọ 2010, na-ede banyere ihe omume mba na White House. Thomas bụ nwanyị mbụ bụ onye isi nke National Press Club, nwanyị mbụ so na onye isi oche nke White House Correspondents' Association na nwanyị mbụ so n'òtù Gridiron Club. O dere akwụkwọ isii; nke ikpeazụ ya (ya na onye edemede Craig Crawford) bụ Listen Up, Mr. President: Everything You Always Wanted Your President to Know and Do (2009).

DJA mụrụ ya na Winchester, Kentucky, Thomas bụ nwa nke asaa n'ime ụmụ itoolu nke George na Mary (Rowady) Thomas, ndị si Tripoli, Lebanon (nke bụ akụkụ nke Alaeze Ukwu Ottoman n'oge ahụ). Thomas kwuru na aha nna ya, "Antonious", bụ "Thomas" mgbe ọ banyere na US na Ellis Island, nakwa na ndị mụrụ ya enweghị ike ịgụ ma ọ bụ dee. A zụlitere Thomas na Detroit, Michigan, ebe ezinụlọ ya kwagara mgbe ọ dị afọ anọ, na ebe nna ya na-elekọta ụlọ ahịa nri. Banyere ahụmịhe ya na-etolite, Thomas kwuru, sị:

N'oge onye isi ala George W. Bush nke mbụ, Thomas meghachiri omume na nkwupụta odeakwụkwọ mgbasa ozi Ari Fleischer banyere mbupu ngwá agha nye ndị na-eyi ọha egwu site n'ịjụ: "Ebee ka ndị Israel na-enweta ngwá agha ha?"

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