President Biden says his top domestic policy adviser, Susan Rice, is leaving

President Joe Biden said Monday that his top domestic policy adviser, Susan Rice, will leave her post next month.

President Joe Biden said Monday that his top domestic policy adviser,

Susan Rice, will leave her post next month.

As director of the White House Domestic Policy Council,

Rice had broad sway on the administration's approach to health care,

immigration and racial inequality.

It was a surprising shift for Rice,

a longtime Democratic foreign policy expert who served as President

Barack Obama's national security adviser and U.N. ambassador

the only person to serve in both positions.

She worked closely with then-

Vice President Biden in those roles and was on his

short list to become his running mate during the 2020 campaign.

After more than two years of her steady

leadership of the Domestic Policy Council — it's clear:

there is no one more capable,

and more determined to get important things done for the American people than Susan Rice

Biden said in a statement

announcing her departure.