White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield to leave post at end of month
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White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield has announced her departure as a critical member of President Joe Biden‘s administration again.
Bedingfield will be replaced by Ben LaBolt starting in March, according to the White House.
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“Since my time as Vice President, Kate has been a loyal and trusted adviser, through thick and thin,” Biden said in a statement Friday. “She was a critical strategic voice from the very first day of my presidential campaign in 2019 and has been a key part of advancing my agenda in the White House. The country is better off as a result of her hard work, and I’m so grateful to her, and to her husband and two young children, for giving so much.”
Biden added that LaBolt “has big shoes to fill.”
“I look forward to welcoming him back as a first-rate communicator who’s shown his commitment to public service again and again, and who has a cutting-edge understanding of how Americans consume information,” he wrote. “I saw him fight for Justice [Ketanji Brown] Jackson, and he put his all into helping us make history confirming our cabinet and subcabinet nominees. I’m proud to have him rejoin this team.”
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From 2015 to 2016, Bedingfield served as Biden’s communications director when he was vice president and then worked as the deputy campaign manager for his 2020 presidential campaign. She announced last summer she was leaving her post before being convinced to remain in her role.
LaBolt has worked with Biden in this administration and during that of former President Barack Obama. LaBolt will be the first openly gay White House communications director.