1. White House Office · Minor
Appoint a Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy with strong policy credentials
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“This deputy chief works directly with the Chief of Staff, Cabinet officers, and all three policy councils to support the development and implementation of the President's agenda. This deputy chief should therefore have impressive policy credentials in the realms of economic, domestic, and social affairs.”
What has happened
- Done
The post exists and is filled. The Annual Report to Congress on White House Office Personnel lists Stephen Miller as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy as of 2025-07-01, and again as of 2026-07-01 (with Homeland Security Advisor added to the title). Dated to the earliest report that shows it rather than to an appointment announcement: the report is the Primary record of who holds which White House post. The Quote's further wish that the deputy have "impressive policy credentials" is a judgment about a person, not a checkable act, and the site does not grade appointees.
Research log
What was searched, and what didn’t count as evidence
Research notes
Researched 2026-08-27, in one search that covered all of Chapter 1’s White House staffing asks.
- The instrument for most of Chapter 1’s staffing asks is the Annual Report to Congress on White House Office Personnel, published each July on whitehouse.gov. It lists every White House Office employee with title and salary, so it settles whether a named post exists and is filled — which is what these Quotes ask — without any inference.
- 2025 report (as of 2025-07-01): MILLER, STEPHEN — Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy.
- 2026 report (as of 2026-07-01): the same, titled Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor.
- What the report cannot settle: reporting lines, and whether a person’s credentials are “impressive”. Neither is in the ask’s checkable half.
- Action
- appoint
- Object
- Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
- ID
- 4