A top foreign policy aide to President Joe Biden is joining Kamala Harris's office, adding firepower to the vice president's team as pressing national security issues command increasing attention inside the White House.
Rebecca Lissner will start as Harris's deputy national security adviser in the coming weeks, according to Politico. Lissner is currently the acting senior director of the National Security Council’s strategic planning directorate and an expert on U.S. policy toward Russia who has closely advised the administration on the long-term implications of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. She has also overseen Biden's still-to-come National Security Strategy, according to the outlet.
“Rebecca has been a tremendous member of the team and her promotion is well-earned. I’m very glad that we will continue to work together in her new capacity,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan told Politico in a statement.The move comes at a time of increased scrutiny over the administration's national security decision-making.
She met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Munich in the days ahead of Moscow's invasion and with Polish leaders during a dispute with Washington over sending fighter planes to Kyiv. Last year, Harris said she played a key role in Biden's plan to withdraw from Afghanistan, telling CNN at the time that she was the last person in the room before Biden made the decision.
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