White Home principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is changing Jen Psaki as White Home press secretary, President Biden introduced Thursday.
Psaki shall be leaving the White Home on Could 13, and her impending departure was anticipated. Longtime high Democratic adviser Anita Dunn can be returning to the White Home as a senior adviser, specializing in the president's coverage and communications objectives.
"Karine not solely brings the expertise, expertise and integrity wanted for this tough job, however she is going to proceed to cleared the path in speaking in regards to the work of the Biden-Harris Administration on behalf of the American individuals," Mr. Biden mentioned in an announcement. "Jill and I've identified and revered Karine a very long time and she or he shall be a powerful voice talking for me and this administration.
The president requested Jean-Pierre to function the subsequent press secretary Thursday within the Oval Workplace, Psaki mentioned. The president additionally praised Psaki, a veteran of the Obama administration who was Mr. Biden's first White Home press secretary.
"Jen Psaki has set the usual for returning decency, respect and decorum to the White Home Briefing Room," the president continued. "I need to say thanks to Jen for elevating the bar, speaking instantly and in truth to the American individuals, and retaining her humorousness whereas doing so. I thank Jen her service to the nation, and need her the easiest as she strikes ahead."
Dunn, a longtime political operative who additionally labored for the Obama White Home, was a high adviser on the White Home at first of Mr. Biden's time period and through his presidential marketing campaign.
Jean-Pierre, who would be the first Black White Home press secretary, has sometimes crammed in for Psaki on the White Home briefing room lectern and fielded questions from reporters aboard Air Pressure One.
Jean-Pierre, 44, was born in France and is the companion of CNN's Suzanne Malveaux. They've a younger daughter. She labored for the Biden and Obama campaigns, and has served as an NBC and MSNBC political analyst.
The position of White Home press secretary is notoriously tough, requiring a strong information of home and worldwide politics, in addition to the flexibility to reply shortly to questions from a room of dozens of reporters.
— CBS Information' Ed O'Keefe contributed to this report