Saturday, December 25, 2010

the White House could soon be looking to fill staff vacancies with candidates

Senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett, said on Thursday that the White House could soon be looking to fill staff vacancies with candidates from outside the administration.

In an interview with MSNBC's "Morning Joe" Jarrett said people could expect to see some "new faces" to "outside voices" in the White House next year, possibly including the chief of staff position, now is temporarily in the hands of Peter Rouse, who replaced Rahm Emanuel, Emanuel left as mayor of Chicago.

"I think it definitely is looking for some new faces. Larry Summers left, Rahm left, will probably be some new faces, " said Jarrett. "I think that, as in any administration, after a couple of years for a variety of reasons, people go by and there is an opportunity to bring new people in. And I think the president is interested in doing that."

A number of other high-profile departures have shaken the White House over the past two months, with the Budget Director Peter Orszag - now employed by Citigroup - and the head of the Council of Economic Advisers Christina Romer both resigned during the summer . Senior Obama adviser David Axelrod, also announced that the administration would be leaving sometime next year to return to Chicago. Former Obama campaign manager, David Plouffe, is expected to return next president to replace Axelrod.

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