One can only think the White House wanted this news to go unnoticed, seeing as it’s breaking right in the middle of the Super Bowl.
But it is news: John Kirby, previously of the wordy title “United States National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications,” is getting promoted and will have an expanded role at the White House, officials told Reuters.
It sounds like he will have direct access to President Biden:
Kirby, who in past years has served as the top spokesperson at both the Pentagon and the State Department, will have a new title – White House national security communications adviser – and will be elevated to an assistant to the president from deputy assistant.
John Kirby is getting a promotion, “will run a separate team from the [WH] national security press team that will coordinate info across agencies”
The chatter in DC is he loves his expanded influence…
