United States President Barack
Obama has finally announced Friday
afternoon that he’s accepted the resignation of White
House press secretary Jay Carney.
Josh Earnest, the White House special assistant to
the president and principal deputy press secretary,
will take Carney’s role, Obama said during a
surprise appearance from the commander-in-chief
during a scheduled briefing Friday afternoon.
“His name describes his demeanor,”
Obama said of the incoming press secretary. “Josh is an earnest guy
and you can call him Mr Nice guy.”
Carney, the 49-year-old former Moscow bureau chief
for Time Magazine, told reporters after the
president’s remarks that his last three-and-a-half
years as the White House press secretary has been
an “amazing experience” and “so fulfilling.”
Pres. Obama’s announcement came less than three
hours after he confirmed during a separate press
conference that morning that he had moments
earlier accepted the resignation of Veterans Affairs
Secretary Eric Shinseki in the midst of a high-profile
scandal that’s plagued the VA in recent weeks.
Carney is expected to stay press secretary through
mid-June, and did not immediately disclose the
reasoning behind his departure or his future plans.
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