Indian-American Vedant Patel to be Interim Spokesman of US State Department

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: March 13 2023

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Indian American Vedanta Patel will be serving as the interim spokesperson of the US State Department, as Ned Price is going to step down this month.
Price will continue to work directly for Antony Blinken at State Department.
Ned Price began to work as a US Department of State spokesperson on January 20, 2021.
Patel, born in India and raised in California, is a graduate of the University of California-Riverside and the University of Florida.
Patel served as an Assistant Press Secretary and spokesperson for President Biden, where he honed his skills in handling media relations and communications strategy.

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Indian-American Vedant Patel to be Interim Spokesman of US State Department