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Jay Carney gives his final briefing as White House Press Secretary_ by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) and [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) Jun 18, 2014 7:27 PM UTC by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) and [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) Jun 18, 2014 7:27 PM UTC Departing White House Press Secretary Jay Carney marked his final press briefing from behind the White House podium Wednesday as he prepares to step down from the job on Friday. Carney thanked President Barack Obama, White House staff, and the press one final time. “I don’t ever expect to be in a position again to be a part of something that has at least the potential to more good for more people, and that has been a very special thing indeed,” he said. A former TIME Magazine Washington bureau chief, Carney was previously the communications director for Vice President Joe Biden. Carney’s deputy, Josh Earnest, will begin regular briefings from the podium Thursday. He will assume the post officially on Friday, when Carney will present him with the ceremonial flak jacket and the password to the @PressSec Twitter account. White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough entered the briefing for Carney’s final answers, and thanked the outgoing administration official on behalf of the president. “We are going to miss you dearly,” he said, before hugging Carney. ### Photos: Jay Carney's Very Public Life, So Far  TIME White House correspondent Jay Carney outside the West Wing of of the White House in Washington on July 22, 1994. Diana Walker—Time Life Pictures/Getty Image  White House press secretary Jay Carney and ABC reporter Claire Shipman arrive for the State dinner for the Prime Minister of Great Britain at the White House on March, 14, 2012 in Washington. Bill O'Leary—The Washington Post/Getty Images  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney (L), US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack (C) and Deputy White House chief of Staff Nancy DeParle (R) get ice cream cones as US President Barack Obama visits DeWitt Dairy Treats in Dewitt, Iowa, August 16, 2011. Jim Watson—AFP/Getty Images  White House press secretary Jay Carney listens to a question about Israel and Secretary of State John Kerry during his daily news briefing at the White House in Washington on Jan. 14, 2014. Jacquelyn Martin—AP  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney displays photographs of himself from Tuesday's briefing before taking questions from reporters in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on May 15, 2013 in Washington. Chip Somodevilla—Getty Images  From left: Senior White House Advisors Valerie Jarret, and David Plouffe, White House Deptuy Chief of Staff Nancy Ann DeParle, and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney walk across the South Lawn upon the return to the White House on Augu. 29, 2012 in Washington. Mandel Ngan—AFP/Getty Images  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney arrives for the daily press briefing at the White House on Sept. 10, 2012 in Washington. Brendan Smialowki—AFP/Getty Images  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, center, senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer, left, and speechwriter Kyle O'Connor wait outside as President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama meet with families of firefighters killed in the West Texas, fertilizer plant explosion after a memorial at Baylor University in Waco,Texas on April 25, 2013. Charles Dharapak—AP  In this image released by the White House, Vice President Joe Biden works with Communications Director Jay Carney on Air Force Two en route to Atherton, Calif., July 8, 2010. David Lienemann—AP  White House press secretary Jay Carney begins the daily briefing tipping his Boston Red Sox baseball cap at the White House on April 1, 2014 in Washington. Susan Walsh—AP  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks about the government shutdown on the morning television news shows at the White House on Oct. 1, 2013 in Washington. Charles Dharapak—AP  United States President Barack Obama and Press Secretary Jay Carney walk back to the White House from nearby Taylor Gourmet Deli on Pennsylvania Avenue after picking up lunch on Oct. 4, 2013 in Washington. Pete Marovich—DPA/AP  White House Press Secretary Jay Carney walks into the White House on the second day of the government shutdown, Oct.2, 2013 in Washington. Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images  White House press secretary Jay Carney looks down as he speaks to reporters about the so-called "sequester" at the White House in Washington Feb.28, 2013. Kevin Lamarque—Reuters  President Barack Obama gives White House press secretary Jay Carney a hug after announcing that Carney will step down later next month, during a surprise visit to the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on May 30, 2014 in Washington. Susan Walsh—AP ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Now that is some good rock 'n' roll. [ LAUGH ] As if you didn't know. Well, thank you for that, that was pretty awesome. Got it by Voices Introduction. I appreciate that. Let me see. I've got a few things at the top of this, my last briefing from the podium. You know, the President to many of us said that, of the jobs that we have here in the White House, that most of us will never be in a position to do more good for more people than we are in right now. And we should take advantage of it. And that is something that I think we all here take to heart. And, I don't ever expect to be in a position again to be a part of something that has at least the potential to do more good for more people. And that has been a very special thing, indeed. I love my years as a reporter. But as you better than anyone else understand, reporting, and sometimes sometimes can be an autonomous exercise. It's your story, it's your byline. What was so different about this experience for me is that it was all about a team effort and all about a goal that had nothing to do with any individual, not even the President. And that that's been extraordinary, extraordinarily gratifying. Finally, I just wanna say thank you to all of you here. This has been an extraordinary experience and I have loved every minute of every day, even the many minutes of many days I've spent in this room. 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