Susan Rice to step down as Biden’s high home coverage official subsequent month

Washington — Susan Rice, certainly one of President Biden’s most trusted aides and his high home coverage official, can be leaving the administration subsequent month in what’s going to mark probably the most high-profile departures from his administration, the White Home introduced Monday.

Because the begin of Mr. Biden’s presidency, Rice has led the home coverage council, a robust White Home workplace overseeing a wide-ranging set of points, from well being care and gun management initiatives, to U.S. immigration and border coverage.

Rice served as nationwide safety adviser and United Nations ambassador underneath former President Barack Obama. In an announcement, Mr. Biden praised Rice’s tenure, highlighting her pivotal position in advancing his agenda.

“As the one particular person to function each Nationwide Safety Advisor and Home Coverage Advisor, Susan’s document of public service makes historical past,” the president mentioned. “However what units her aside as a frontrunner and colleague is the seriousness with which she takes her position and the urgency and tenacity she brings, her bias in the direction of motion and outcomes, and the integrity, humility and humor with which she does this work.”

A White Home official mentioned Rice is trying ahead to spending extra time together with her household, noting she initially made a dedication to serve within the administration for 2 years.