Jeff Prescott, Vice President Joe Biden’s deputy national security adviser, took over this week as the new National Security Council (NSC) senior director for Iran, Iraq, Syria and Gulf states, following Rob Malley’s promotion to NSC Middle East coordinator.
Prescott, who has served as Biden’s deputy national security adviser since 2013 and previously advised him on Asia, started his new NSC job April 29. Colleagues say he has been deeply involved in Situation Room deliberations and interagency deputies committee meetings the past two years on every foreign policy issue in which the vice president has been involved, including Iraq, Ukraine, China and the Western Hemisphere.