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Jay Carney made his public debut Wednesday as President Obama's White House press secretary.

White House climate change adviser Carol Browner will step down in coming weeks, Obama administration sources said on Monday.

President Obama on Friday tapped one of the country's top corporate executives as his chief adviser on how to help American companies create more jobs at a time when Washington's options for bolstering employment through public spending have narrowed.

Bruce Reed, who most recently headed up President Barack Obama's deficit commission, was a top domestic policy advisor during the Clinton administration.

President Barack Obama on Thursday picked JP Morgan Chase executive William Daley as his new White House chief of staff as part of a major retooling of his team, a senior White House official said.

Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary and one of the most visible and forceful advocates for President Barack Obama, is quitting his job to become an outside political adviser.

President Barack Obama has narrowed the list of candidates for White House chief of staff down to two -- current interim boss Pete Rouse and former Clinton Commerce Secretary William Daley -- according to two senior Democratic sources close to the process.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday interviewed investment banker Roger Altman, a former Treasury official, as a candidate to replace departing economic adviser Larry Summers, a White House official said.

Gen. James L. Jones is resigning and will be replaced by Thomas E. Donilon, administration officials said.

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will step down Friday to run for mayor of Chicago, two sources told CNN Thursday.