{{Short description|American diplomat and political advisor (born 1982)}} {{other uses|Edward Price (disambiguation){{!}}Edward Price}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ned Price | image = Ned_Price_official_photo.jpg | office = Deputy to the United States Ambassador to the United Nations | president = Joe Biden | term_start = February 29, 2024 | term_end = January 20, 2025 | predecessor = Jeffrey Prescott | successor = TBC | office1 = 29th Spokesman for the United States Department of State | president1 = Joe Biden | deputy1 = Jalina Porter<br>Vedant Patel | term_start1 = January 20, 2021 | term_end1 = March 17, 2023 | predecessor1 = Morgan Ortagus | successor1 = Matthew Miller | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|11|22}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = Georgetown University (BS)<br>Harvard University (MPA) }} '''Edward "Ned" Price'''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Price |first=Edward |date=2023-05-24 |title=I didn't think I'd ever leave the CIA. But because of Trump, I quit. |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-didnt-think-id-ever-leave-the-cia-but-because-of-trump-i-quit/2017/02/20/fd7aac3e-f456-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html |access-date=2023-08-03 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> (born November 22, 1982)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lippman |first=Daniel |date=2018-11-22 |title=BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Ned Price, director of policy and communications at National Security Action, Georgetown professor and NBC contributor |language=en |work=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/22/birthday-of-the-day-ned-price-director-of-policy-and-communications-at-national-security-action-georgetown-professor-and-nbc-contributor-1012549 |access-date=2023-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Mary Louise |date=2017-02-23 |title=Disgusted By Trump, A CIA Officer Quits. How Many More Could Follow? |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/02/23/516850237/disgusted-by-trump-a-cia-officer-quits-how-many-more-could-follow |access-date=2023-08-03}}</ref> is an American diplomat, political advisor and former intelligence officer who served as the deputy to the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2024 to 2025.{{ref label|†|†|†}}<ref name="State Department bio"/> In this role, he was considered a Deputy Cabinet Secretary and a sitting member of the National Security Council's Deputies Committee.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Ward |first=Alexander |date=February 16, 2024 |title=Ned Price to be UN ambassador's deputy |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/16/ned-price-united-nations-ambassador-deputy-00141956 |access-date=September 9, 2024 |work=Politico}}</ref> He previously served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State from 2023 to 2024 and the Spokesperson for the United States Department of State from 2021 to 2023. He worked at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2006 until 2017.
In February 2017, Price published a controversial op-ed piece in ''The Washington Post'',<ref name="Salon2017-02-21">{{cite news |first=Matthew |last=Rozsa |date=February 21, 2017 |title=National Security Council spokesman quits CIA, writes scathing editorial in Washington Post |website=Salon.com |url=http://www.salon.com/2017/02/21/national-security-council-spokesman-quits-cia-writes-scathing-editorial-in-washington-post/ |url-status=live |access-date=February 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223080842/http://www.salon.com/2017/02/21/national-security-council-spokesman-quits-cia-writes-scathing-editorial-in-washington-post/ |archive-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Jon |last=Sharman |date=February 23, 2017 |title=CIA analyst quits after 11 years because of Donald Trump's 'disturbing' behaviour |newspaper=The Independent |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cia-analyst-edward-price-quits-donald-trump-disturbing-behaviour-george-w-bush-barack-obama-a7591256.html |access-date=January 18, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223195916/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/cia-analyst-edward-price-quits-donald-trump-disturbing-behaviour-george-w-bush-barack-obama-a7591256.html |archive-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 23, 2017 |title=Trump effect: CIA 'terrorist hunters' to quit in opposition to president |website=Middle East Eye |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-effect-cia-losing-its-best-spies-998263748 |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223145540/http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-effect-cia-losing-its-best-spies-998263748 |archive-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref> outlining his decision to retire from the CIA rather than work in the Trump administration.<ref name="price-wapo" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 24, 2017 |title=Departing CIA official blasts Trump in Washington Post op-ed |newspaper=The Boston Globe |url=http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/02/21/departing-cia-official-blasts-trump-washington-post/5tO0q9UUCwJ1gVmDRralcI/story.html |access-date=January 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224050333/http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/02/21/departing-cia-official-blasts-trump-washington-post/5tO0q9UUCwJ1gVmDRralcI/story.html |archive-date=February 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name="dailydot.com">{{Cite web |date=February 21, 2017 |title=A CIA analyst just very publicly resigned because of Trump |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/cia-analyst-trump-resigns/ |access-date=January 18, 2021 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Logan |first=Bryan |title=CIA analyst resigns, calls Trump's actions in office 'disturbing' |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-cia-russia-staffer-resigns-us-intelligence-2017-2 |date=February 20, 2017 |access-date=January 18, 2021 |website=Business Insider}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Price grew up in Dallas, where he graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Price |first1=Edward |title=I quit my CIA career because of Trump |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/02/21/quit-cia-career-trump |work=Dallas News |date=February 21, 2017 |language=en}}</ref> the son of a Christian mother and a Jewish father.<ref name=Deutch/> He was inducted into the Cum Laude society, and served as editor of The Marksmen, the school's yearbook, as well as a contributing member of The ReMarker. He then graduated ''summa cum laude'' from Georgetown University, where he studied international relations at the School of Foreign Service, which named him the class Salutatorian.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dfwworld.org/page.aspx?pid=1188&cid=5&ceid=2725&cerid=0&cdt=2/13/2017 |title=SOLD OUT: Global Forum: Ned Price |website=World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth |language=en-us |access-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-date=November 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124135629/https://www.dfwworld.org/page.aspx?pid=1188&cid=5&ceid=2725&cerid=0&cdt=2%2F13%2F2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He chose this university and field of study in anticipation of joining the CIA after graduation.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Disgusted By Trump, A CIA Officer Quits. How Many More Could Follow? |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/02/23/516850237/disgusted-by-trump-a-cia-officer-quits-how-many-more-could-follow |access-date=January 18, 2021 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref> He later earned a master's degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, where he was a Public Service Fellow and earned a citation for a superior master's thesis.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://trumanproject.org/home/team-view/ned-price/ |title=Ned Price |website=Truman Project |language=en-US |access-date=March 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303131222/http://trumanproject.org/home/team-view/ned-price/ |archive-date=March 3, 2017}}</ref>
==Career== thumb|Price live blogging at the White House in 2014 Early in his career, Price worked as an intelligence analyst at the CIA. His focus was on the detection and disruption of possible terrorist attacks against the United States and its interests. In 2013, ''Mother Jones'' quoted Price defending the CIA financing research on climate change, in the face of opposition from Republican lawmakers<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Mooney|first1=Chris|last2=Liebelson|first2=Dana|title=CIA Backs $630,000 Scientific Study on Controlling Global Climate|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/07/cia-geoengineering-control-climate-change/|date=July 17, 2013|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US}}</ref> who had described the CIA unit as "a waste of resources" and "spying on sea lions".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sheppard|first=Kate|title=The CIA's Weather Underground|url=https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2011/08/cia-climate-change-national-security/|date=August 10, 2011|access-date=August 17, 2021|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Power|first=Stephen|title=Sen. Barrasso Equates CIA Climate Center to 'Spying on Sea Lions'|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-13670|date=October 6, 2009|access-date=March 26, 2022|website=Wall Street Journal|language=en-US}}</ref> Later in his CIA career, he was loaned to the National Security Council, serving as its spokesperson and as a Special Assistant to President Barack Obama.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://politicalcult.com/breaking-cia-analyst-resigns-trumps-disturbing-actions-theres-major-problem/|title=BREAKING: CIA Analyst Resigns Over Trump's 'Disturbing' Actions, But There's A MAJOR Problem|date=February 21, 2017|work=The Political Cult|access-date=March 2, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=March 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303050523/https://politicalcult.com/breaking-cia-analyst-resigns-trumps-disturbing-actions-theres-major-problem/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Price discusses his experiences working under President Obama in ''West Wingers: Stories from the Dream Chasers, Change Makers, and Hope Creators Inside the Obama White House'' (2018).<ref>{{Cite web|title=West Wingers: 9780143133292 {{!}} PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/572629/west-wingers-by-edited-by-gautam-raghavan/9780143133292|access-date=January 18, 2021|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
Price is a co-founder and previously served as Director of Policy and Communications at National Security Action, a 501(c)(4) registered lobby group along with several former Obama national security advisors.<ref name="State Department bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.state.gov/biographies/ned-price/ | title=Ned Price | publisher=U.S. Department of State}}</ref>
===Op-ed piece=== In a February 2017 ''Washington Post'' op-ed piece, Price described mounting concerns over Donald Trump, first when he was candidate, then prior to inauguration, and then as the sitting president. Price described his initial concern when Trump blithely dismissed the opinions of senior intelligence officials during a debate with rival candidate Hillary Clinton. Price then described how demoralized he and fellow CIA officials felt when newly inaugurated President Trump used a visit to CIA headquarters for campaign-style self-promotion.<ref name="price-wapo">{{Cite news |first=Ned |last=Price |date=February 20, 2017 |title=I didn't think I'd ever leave the CIA. But because of Trump, I quit. |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-didnt-think-id-ever-leave-the-cia-but-because-of-trump-i-quit/2017/02/20/fd7aac3e-f456-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html |access-date=January 18, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220235616/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-didnt-think-id-ever-leave-the-cia-but-because-of-trump-i-quit/2017/02/20/fd7aac3e-f456-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html |archive-date=February 20, 2017}}</ref> Finally, Price reflected on how Trump removed senior intelligence officials from the "principal's committee", and expressed concern that by ignoring their advice he was putting public safety at risk.<ref name="dailydot.com" />
In his op-ed, Price had pointed out that he had loyally served in both Republican and Democratic administrations.<ref name="Salon2017-02-21" />
===Concerns related to Jared Kushner=== In an article published in ''Politico'' on July 14, 2017, Price expressed concerns related to the appointment and continued hold of a security clearance of President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. In the article, Price reviewed the extensive vetting that he had experienced to gain a security clearance, which lasted approximately a year, and compared that to the security clearance granted to Kushner. Discussing the disclosures of the developing information related to Kushner's apparent involvement in a Russian interference in the 2016 United States presidential election, Price said: "I am confident in saying that my clearance would have been immediately revoked had I, as a career CIA officer, been accused of a fraction of these activities."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Price|first1=Ned|title=Why Does Jared Kushner Still Have a Security Clearance?|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/07/14/why-does-jared-kushner-still-have-a-security-clearance-215378/|date=July 14, 2017|website=Politico Magazine|access-date=July 15, 2017}}</ref>
=== Biden administration === thumb|Ned Price in February 2021 On January 20, 2021, Price assumed office as the Spokesperson for the United States Department of State in the Biden administration;<ref>{{Cite news |first=Chris |last=Johnson |date=January 16, 2021 |title=Ned Price tapped by Biden team as first-ever out gay State Dept. spokesperson |url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2021/01/16/obama-alum-ned-price-tapped-as-first-ever-out-gay-state-dept-spokesperson/ |access-date=January 18, 2021 |work=Washington Blade |language=en-US}}</ref> he was the first openly gay person in this post.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Finnegan |first=Connor |date=February 2, 2021 |title=State Department's 1st openly gay spokesperson sends signal to the world, advocates say |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/state-departments-1st-openly-gay-spokesperson-sends-signal/story?id=75620246 |access-date=February 3, 2021 |work=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> In addition to his role as Spokesperson, he was widely seen as one of Secretary of State Blinken's closest and most trusted advisors.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Woodward |first=Bob |title=War |date=October 15, 2024 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |year=2024 |isbn=9781668052273 |pages=81}}</ref>
In March 2021, Price stated that the U.S. has "serious concerns" about the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigation into war crimes committed during the 2014 War in Gaza.<ref>{{Cite web|title=U.S. has 'serious concerns' about ICC ruling on Israel war crime probe|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-has-serious-concerns-about-icc-ruling-on-israel-war-crime-probe/ar-BB1dqTlk|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=www.msn.com}}</ref> Price stated that the ICC has "no jurisdiction over this matter" and is "unfairly" targeting Israel;<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cohn|first=Alicia|date=March 3, 2021|title=Biden admin: International Criminal Court 'unfairly' targeting Israel|url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/541480-biden-state-department-international-criminal-court-unfairly-targeting-israel-probe|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=TheHill|language=en}}</ref> his statement is consistent with Trump's executive order 13928, which denies the jurisdiction of ICC over the United States and its allies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Executive Order 13928—Blocking Property of Certain Persons Associated With the International Criminal Court {{!}} The American Presidency Project|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-13928-blocking-property-certain-persons-associated-with-the-international|access-date=March 25, 2021|website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref>
Price also raised concerns when he used the "America First" trope of Donald Trump to justify ban on vaccine raw materials to India.<ref>{{Cite news|agency=PTI|date=2021-04-23|title=U.S. defends restrictions on export of COVID-19 vaccine raw materials amid India's request to lift ban|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-defends-restrictions-on-export-of-covid-19-vaccine-raw-materials-amid-indias-request-to-lift-ban/article34391251.ece|access-date=2021-04-24|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-24|title=COVID-19 crisis: 'Priority to vaccinate Americans first,' US defends export ban on vaccine raw materials to India|url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/covid-19-crisis-priority-to-vaccinate-americans-first-us-defends-export-ban-on-vaccine-raw-materials-to-india-9560091.html|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Firstpost}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-25|title=Price of America First: How US Export Ban Hurt Covid-Scarred 'Friend' India|url=https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/price-of-america-first-how-us-export-ban-hurt-covid-scarred-friend-india-3676316.html|access-date=2021-04-26|website=www.news18.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Jaiswal|first=Priya|date=2021-04-23|title=US defends restrictions on export of COVID-19 vaccine raw materials amid India's request to lift ban|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/us-defends-restrictions-export-of-covid-19-vaccine-raw-materials-india-request-to-lift-ban-699897|access-date=2021-04-26|website=www.indiatvnews.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Bunch|first=Will|title=Biden's 'America First Lite' policies on vaccine sharing, refugees are awful look for U.S. {{!}} Will Bunch|url=https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/india-covid-crisis-biden-us-vaccine-sharing-20210425.html|access-date=2021-04-26|website=www.inquirer.com|date=April 25, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-29|title=Mostly Sweet with Touch of Spice: Jaishankar's Well-timed US Visit 'Solidified' Strategic Alliance|url=https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/mostly-sweet-with-touch-of-spice-jaishankars-well-timed-us-visit-solidified-strategic-alliance-3788657.html|access-date=2021-05-30|website=www.news18.com|language=en}}</ref>
On February 6, 2022, Price engaged in a heated exchange with Associated Press (AP) reporter Matt Lee over the Biden administration's claims about Ukraine.<ref name="msnbc" /> In the exchange, which was widely circulated, Price said that Russia was planning to stage an attack as a pretext for war; he provided no evidence to support the assertion, despite multiple questions from the AP reporter.<ref name="msnbc">{{Cite news |date=February 6, 2022 |title=Heated exchange between State Dept official, veteran reporter |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/heated-exchange-between-state-dept-official-veteran-reporter/vi-AATtm1M|access-date=February 6, 2022|work=MSNBC |language=en}}</ref> On February 24, 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine after a series of attempted pretexts.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Russia says rebels need help in possible war pretext as Ukraine president pleads for peace - National {{!}} Globalnews.ca|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8641782/ukraine-russia-war-rebels-help/|access-date=February 24, 2022|website=Global News|language=en-US}}</ref>
In December 2022, Ned Price said that Azerbaijan's blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh has serious humanitarian consequences and called on Azerbaijan to restore free movement through the Lachin corridor.<ref>{{Cite web|date=15 December 2022|title=Azerbaijan Rejects Accusations Of Karabakh Blockade|url=https://www.barrons.com/news/azerbaijan-rejects-accusations-of-karabakh-blockade-01671104711|website=barrons.com|publisher=Agence France-Presse|language=en-US}}</ref>
Price stepped down as Department Spokesperson on March 17, 2023, and shortly thereafter took up his role as Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Blinken.<ref name="State Department bio" /> He oversaw implementation of Blinken's key priorities and frequently accompanied him on his travels around the world.<ref name="State Department bio" />
In February 2024, he was appointed by President Biden to serve as the Deputy to the U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield.<ref name=":0" /> In addition to managing day-to-day diplomacy, he served as a standing member of the NSC's Deputies Committee and regularly represented the U.S. Mission during meetings of the Principals Committee chaired by President Biden.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ned Price {{!}} The Institute of Politics at Harvard University |url=https://iop.harvard.edu/fellows/ned-price |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=iop.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref> He held the position for the remainder of Biden's term in office.
=== Subsequent career === Price served as a Residential Fellow for the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School for the Fall 2025 semester.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ned Price {{!}} The Institute of Politics at Harvard University |url=https://iop.harvard.edu/fellows/ned-price |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=iop.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref> In December 2025, following the sudden death of the institute's director, Setti Warren, Price began serving as the interim co-director of the Institute of Politics alongside Beth Myers while the school conducts a search for a permanent IOP director.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-02 |title=Harvard Kennedy School names Beth Myers and Ned Price interim co-directors of the Institute of Politics |url=https://www.hks.harvard.edu/announcements/harvard-kennedy-school-names-beth-myers-and-ned-price-interim-co-directors-institute |access-date=2025-12-02 |website=www.hks.harvard.edu |language=en}}</ref> Price serves as the primary leader of the Institute, with Myers serving in a part-time capacity.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IOP Interim Co-Directors Say They Will Not Seek Permanent Director Role {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/3/12/iop-interim-directors-not-seeking-permanent-role/ |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref>
Price is a Member of the Council on Foreign Relations<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member Roster {{!}} Council on Foreign Relations |url=https://www.cfr.org/membership/roster |access-date=2026-05-08 |website=www.cfr.org |language=en}}</ref> and serves on fiduciary and advisory boards for several non-profit organizations, including Foreign Policy for America.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Leadership |url=https://www.fp4america.org/our-leadership/ |access-date=2026-05-08 |website=Foreign Policy for America |language=en}}</ref>
== Publications ==
=== Articles ===
* {{Cite web |last=Price |first=Ned |date=October 20, 2025 |title=I worked for Biden. Here’s the gold in Trump’s foreign policy. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/20/trump-foreign-policy-success/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251021140423/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/20/trump-foreign-policy-success/ |archive-date=October 21, 2025 |website=The Washington Post}} * “Hegseth’s Pentagon Plan Will Hurt Our National Security,” ''The New York Times'', September 30, 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Price |first=Ned |date=2025-09-30 |title=Opinion {{!}} Hegseth’s Pentagon Plan Will Hurt Our National Security |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/opinion/international-world/the-pentagon-retract-secrecy-pledge.html |access-date=2026-04-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * “How Putin Tricked Trump,” ''Foreign Policy'', August 13, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Ned |date=2026-04-28 |title=Ned Price |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/author/ned-price/ |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}}</ref> * "Americans Should Beware of Gabbard's Dangerous Distraction," ''Fox News'', July 23, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Ned |date=2025-07-23 |title=Americans should beware of Gabbard's 'dangerous distraction' with revisionist history of 2016 election |url=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/americans-should-beware-gabbards-dangerous-distraction-revisionist-history-2016-election |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}</ref> * "Israel Should Have Let Diplomacy Run Its Course," ''Foreign Policy'', June 16, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Ned |date=2026-04-28 |title=Israel Should Have Let Diplomacy Run Its Course |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/16/israel-iran-strikes-diplomacy-trump-nuclear-negotiations/ |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}}</ref> * Praise for the Suleimani Strike Isn’t Based in Reality, ''Foreign Policy,'' January 13, 2020 (co-authored with Jeffrey Prescott)<ref>{{Cite web |first1=Ned |last1=Price |first2=Jeffrey |last2=Prescott |date=2024-02-28 |title=Praise for the Suleimani Strike Isn't Based in Reality |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/01/13/praise-trump-killing-suleimani-not-reality-based/ |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Foreign Policy |language=en-US}}</ref> * “Don’t Muzzle Former C.I.A. Officers,” ''The New York Times'', November 13, 2017 (with Cindy Otis and John Sipher).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Otis |first=Cindy |last2=Price |first2=Ned |last3=Sipher |first3=John |date=2017-11-13 |title=Opinion {{!}} Don’t Muzzle Former C.I.A. Officers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/opinion/cia-security-pompeo.html |access-date=2026-04-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * “Why Mike Pompeo Released More bin Laden Files,” ''The Atlantic'', November 8, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Ned |date=2017-11-08 |title=Why Mike Pompeo Released More bin Laden Files |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/iran-mike-pompeo-bin-laden-documents-cia/545093/ |access-date=2026-04-24 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref> * "I Didn't Think I'd Ever Leave the CIA. Because of Trump, I Quit," ''The Washington Post'', February 20, 2017.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Price |first=Edward |date=2017-02-20 |title=Opinion {{!}} I didn’t think I’d ever leave the CIA. But because of Trump, I quit. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-didnt-think-id-ever-leave-the-cia-but-because-of-trump-i-quit/2017/02/20/fd7aac3e-f456-11e6-b9c9-e83fce42fb61_story.html |access-date=2026-04-29 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
== Personal life == Price is openly gay and identifies as Jewish, though he rarely attends synagogue.<ref name=Deutch>{{cite news |last1=Deutch |first1=Gabby |title=Ned Price leans into his Jewish values |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2022/12/ned-price-state-department-spokesperson-cia-jewish |access-date=26 January 2023 |publisher=Jewish Insider|date=December 15, 2022|quote=The son of a Jewish father and a Christian mother...Price identifies as Jewish}}</ref>
== Footnotes ==
<small>{{note label|†|†|†}} N.b. the appointed role of Deputy to the Ambassador to the UN is a separate position from the Senate-confirmed role of Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations. The Deputy to the Ambassador assists the U.S. Ambassador to the UN by acting as a liaison in Washington, D.C., managing their Washington office, interacting with Congress and acting as a stand-in for the UN ambassador. The two roles co-exist, as in 2019 when Taryn Frideres was Deputy to the Ambassador at the same time that Jonathan Cohen was Deputy Ambassador to the UN.</small>
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