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White House spokesman Jay Carney resigns
WASHINGTON -- President Obama announced Friday that White House press secretary Jay Carney will be stepping down from his job and be replaced by deputy Josh Earnest.
"It's been an amazing experience," Carney said after Obama's announcement.
Carney said he will stay on until mid-June.
In praising his press secretary, Obama described Carney as one of his best friends and said he would continue to rely on him as an outside adviser.
Obama described Earnest, his incoming spokesman, as "honest and full of integrity" and "a straight shooter."
Earnest has been an aide to Obama since the early days of his 2008 presidential campaign.
Carney, a former Washington bureau chief for Time magazine, has been White House press secretary since 2011, when he replaced Robert Gibbs. Carney had been communications director for Vice President Biden during the first two years of the Obama administration.
White House spokesman Jay Carney resigns
WASHINGTON -- President Obama announced Friday that White House press secretary Jay Carney will be stepping down from his job and be replaced by deputy Josh Earnest.
"It's been an amazing experience," Carney said after Obama's announcement.
Carney said he will stay on until mid-June.
In praising his press secretary, Obama described Carney as one of his best friends and said he would continue to rely on him as an outside adviser.
Obama described Earnest, his incoming spokesman, as "honest and full of integrity" and "a straight shooter."
Earnest has been an aide to Obama since the early days of his 2008 presidential campaign.
Carney, a former Washington bureau chief for Time magazine, has been White House press secretary since 2011, when he replaced Robert Gibbs. Carney had been communications director for Vice President Biden during the first two years of the Obama administration.