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Top Biden aide moves to NSC

Jeffrey Prescott, Vice President Joe Biden’s deputy national security adviser and veteran China hand, started April 29 as the National Security Council's senior director for Iran, Iraq, Syria and the Gulf states.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden greets people after a Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride event on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington April 16, 2015.  REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTR4XN0Q

Jeff Prescott, Vice President Joe Biden’s deputy national security adviser, took over this week as the new National Security Council (NSC) senior director for Iran, Iraq, Syria and Gulf states, following Rob Malley’s promotion to NSC Middle East coordinator.

Prescott, who has served as Biden’s deputy national security adviser since 2013 and previously advised him on Asia, started his new NSC job April 29. Colleagues say he has been deeply involved in Situation Room deliberations and interagency deputies committee meetings the past two years on every foreign policy issue in which the vice president has been involved, including Iraq, Ukraine, China and the Western Hemisphere.

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