By Greg Hazley
Elizabeth Alexander, longtime press secretary to Vice President Joe Biden, is stepping down at the end of the month for a law career.
Biden’s office said Secretary of the Interior deputy communications director and press secretary Kendra Barkoff will take over for Alexander in June.
Alexander was Biden’s Senate press secretary and kept the role through the 2008 and the Obama administration. In a statement, Biden called her a “trusted adviser” for the past five years. “Together, we've logged a lot of miles, and through it all she's been tough, determined and loyal,” he said.
Prior to her stint at Interior, Barkoff was press secretary to Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and worked communications for Sens. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.). She finished Georgetown Law School before entering the White House.
Biden hired Washington Post reporter Shailagh Murray as his communications director in March as Jay Carney moved to the White House press secretary slot.
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