Top White House Policy Adviser Overseeing US Domestic Agenda Leaving

Former national security adviser Susan Rice speaks at the Center for American Progress Ideas Conference at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C., on May 16, 2017. Aaron P. Bernstein/File Photo/Reuters

Susan Rice is stepping down as the White House’s domestic policy adviser, the Biden administration confirmed in a statement on Monday.

“I surprised a lot of people when I named Ambassador Susan Rice as my Domestic Policy Advisor,” President Joe Biden said in a statement about the departure of Rice, a former Obama administration official.