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David Kieve, a longtime Biden climate aide who worked on the 2020 presidential campaign, is leaving the administration
President Joe Biden is losing a longtime environmental aide, one who worked on his presidential campaign and is married to one of his top advisers.
David Kieve, the public engagement director at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, will exit the administration next week.
The reasons for his departure were unclear.
He's married to the White House communications director Kate Bedingfield. And he worked on outreach to environmental and climate change groups during Biden's 2020 campaign.
Kieve joins a few other senior administration officials heading for the exit, coming as Biden nears one year in office.
Another top environmental official, Cecilia Martinez, who oversaw environmental justice at CEQ, stepped down last week.
David Kieve is married to the White House communications director Kate Bedingfield - the couple is seen above with Biden and one of their children
In November, White House communications chief of staff Emma Riley announced she was leaving for the Labor Department. White House staff secretary Jessica Hertz resigned in October.
White House counselor Steve Ricchetti told NBC News that Kieve had worked 'tirelessly' for Biden since the early part of the presidential primary.
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