Ned Price to Step Down as State Department Spokesman

State Department spokesman Ned Price will step down from his position later this month, department officials announced Tuesday.
“For people in America and around the world, Ned Price has often been a face and voice of U.S. foreign policy,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. “He’s performed with extraordinary professionalism and integrity. On behalf of the Department, I thank Ned for his remarkable service.”
Price, who has held the position since the beginning of the Biden administration, will continue working directly with Blinken in a new capacity.
“I started as a public servant as an analyst at the CIA, and I ended up in this job because of a series of accidents, fateful accidents,” Price told NBC News. “I have loved being in this line of work for the past several years. And one of the things I love most about it is the connection to the policy.”…}