Jay Carney for Press Secretary taps by Obama

Mr. Carney, a former reporter for Time magazine and chief of its Washington bureau, will become the new, public face of the West Wing and the primary combatant with the Washington media. Mr. Gibbs is leaving the White House to become an outside adviser for President Obama as the 2012 election nears. Mr. Obama met with Mr. Carney over the weekend as he continued to remake his administration at the halfway point of his current term. The president also announced the appointments of two new deputy chiefs of staff: Nancy-Ann DeParle, who served as the administration’s point person on health care legislation, and Alyssa Mastromonaco, who heads up the president’s scheduling and advance operations.