NBC News' Jim Miklaszewski Gets a POTUS Shout-out at the Pentagon Presser

Some recognition before Miklaszewski retires at the end of the year.

The subject of the President Obama‘s press conference today at the Pentagon was a serious one, about the U.S. approach to ISIS, Russia’s role in Syria, and Zika eradication efforts, but what else would you expect from a presser happening at the HQ of the Department of Defense?

It was the kind of subject matter NBC News chief Pentagon correspondent Jim Miklaszewski was accustomed to, having served in that role for 19 years. But at the presser, Miklaszewski, who retires from NBC News at the end of the year, received something he was not used to: a public shout-out from the president.

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