A day after a ceremony where he praised outgoing Chief of Staff Ron Klain and welcomed his replacement Jeff Zients, President Joe Biden confirmed on Feb. 2 that National Economic Council Director Brian Deese will step down from his post.
As Biden’s top White House economic adviser for the past two years, Deese helped coordinate the president’s economic strategy and served in a key role in negotiations with Congress on significant legislation.
“When I took office, we faced high unemployment, an economy in crisis, and main streets shuttered across the country. I knew we needed to not just get families back to work and businesses re-opened, we needed to rebuild our economy so no one was left behind,” Biden said in a Feb. 2 statement addressing Deese’s departure….