Obama Picks Jay Carney for White House Press Secretary

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Jay Carney Picked as New White House Press Secretary
Former 'Time' reporter now works for Vice President Biden; More staffing changes coming
By JAKE TAPPER

President Obama has selected Jay Carney, current communications director for Vice President Biden, to succeed Robert Gibbs as White House press secretary, sources tell ABC News.

The announcement, expected to be made public later this afternoon, will also include the appointment of two new deputy chiefs of staff: current head of the White House Office of Health Reform Nancy-Ann DeParle and current White House director of Scheduling and Advance Alyssa Mastromonaco.

Other staffing changes include a role for Assistant to the President for Special Projects Stephanie Cutter as deputy to senior adviser David Plouffe, and a senior staff role for David Lane, a longtime aide to chief of staff Bill Daley, on Daley's team. Rob Nabors, currently a senior adviser to the White House chief of staff, will become director of legislative affairs; the current director, Phil Schiliro, has long been expected to leave after a very active two years.

DeParle will focus on policy, as did outgoing deputy chief of staff Mona Sutphen. DeParle and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius helped shepherd the president's signature health care initiative. The former Rhodes scholar held prominent positions dealing with health care in the Clinton administration, and, during the Bush years, was managing director of CCMP Capital and an adjunct professor at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania ..