AP source: Biden chooses Ron Klain as chief of staff
4 years, 2 months ago

AP source: Biden chooses Ron Klain as chief of staff

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of staff installing an aide with decades of experience across Democratic presidential administrations in the top role in his White House. Klain served as chief of staff for Biden during Barack Obama’s first term, was chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore in the mid-1990s and was a key adviser on the Biden campaign, guiding Biden’s debate preparations and coronavirus response. It’s also likely to assuage some concerns among progressives who had been gearing up for a fight over one of the first and biggest staff picks Biden will make as he builds out his White House team. Progressives had expressed concerns that Biden would pick one of his other former chiefs of staff: Steve Richetti, who faces skepticism for his work as a lobbyist, or Bruce Reed, who is seen as too much of a moderate to embrace reforms pushed by the party's base.

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Ex-White House chief Ron Klain says Merrick Garland should ‘get more aggressive’ on voting rights and abortion
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Ex-White House chief Ron Klain says Merrick Garland should ‘get more aggressive’ on voting rights and abortion

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Biden confirms Ron Klain will step down as his Chief of Staff and be replaced by Jeff Zients
1 year, 11 months ago

Biden confirms Ron Klain will step down as his Chief of Staff and be replaced by Jeff Zients

Daily Mail  

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US President Joe Biden appoints Jeff Zients as White House chief of staff
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US President Joe Biden appoints Jeff Zients as White House chief of staff

India Today  

US President Joe Biden on Friday appointed his long-term aide Jeff Zients, a former Obama administration official who ran his massive Covid-19 response operation, as the new White House Chief of Staff. He knows how the government works, how politics works, how Congress and the White House works,” Biden said. He assembled the most diverse and the most talented White …

Jeffrey Zients is President Joe Biden's new chief of staff. Seems like a curious choice for the role!
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Jeffrey Zients is President Joe Biden's new chief of staff. Seems like a curious choice for the role!

Slate  

The first real changing of the guard is underway in the Biden administration. As the American Prospect reported, Zients’ investment fund, Portfolio Logic, featured multiple firms that paid out multimillion-dollar settlements in cases brought by the Department of Justice alleging the defrauding of Medicare. In 2015, Portfolio Logic “agreed to pay almost $7 million to resolve allegations of fraudulent Medicare …

Top Biden aide Ron Klain expected to soon leave White House
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Top Biden aide Ron Klain expected to soon leave White House

Associated Press  

— White House chief of staff Ron Klain, who has spent more than two years as President Joe Biden’s top aide, is preparing to leave his job in the coming weeks, according to a person familiar with Klain’s plans. Klain sent an email to White House staff on Friday, which was the second anniversary of Biden’s inauguration. Klain’s departure also …

Top Biden aide Ron Klain expected to leave White House soon
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Top Biden aide Ron Klain expected to leave White House soon

LA Times  

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain is reportedly preparing to leave his post in the coming weeks. White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain, who has spent more than two years as President Biden’s top aide, is preparing to leave his job in the coming weeks, according to a person familiar with Klain’s plans. No member of Biden’s Cabinet …

Joe Biden’s Administration Is Starting To Look Like A Mullet
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Joe Biden’s Administration Is Starting To Look Like A Mullet

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden’s administration is beginning to look like an ideological mullet: all establishment in the front-facing roles, with a progressive party happening in the back. Others are assuming lower-profile jobs in the White House, the Department of Homeland Security or the Interior Department where they can play key roles in shaping the administration’s approach in a …

Many Biden White House staff are working from home in another break from Trump
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Many Biden White House staff are working from home in another break from Trump

CNN  

Washington CNN — When President Joe Biden walked into the White House on Wednesday holding hands with his wife, it all seemed so normal – or at least as normal as a pandemic presidency can be. That doesn’t include Biden’s top staffers such as chief of staff Ron Klain and press secretary Jen Psaki, who were in the building on …

Biden to address COVID bill, holiday pandemic precautions
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Biden to address COVID bill, holiday pandemic precautions

Live Mint  

President-elect Joe Biden will speak Tuesday as the nation deals with a COVID-19 surge that’s casting a shadow over the Christmas holiday this week. Biden will deliver remarks in Wilmington, Delaware on Tuesday afternoon, where he’s expected to speak on the $900 billion coronavirus aid bill passed by Congress on Monday. “It’s really important.” On Tuesday, Biden’s team also announced …

Biden to address COVID bill, holiday pandemic precautions
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Biden to address COVID bill, holiday pandemic precautions

The Independent  

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Obama reunion? Biden fills Cabinet with former WH leaders
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Obama reunion? Biden fills Cabinet with former WH leaders

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden is getting the old gang back together. Susan Rice, Obama’s former U.N. ambassador and national security adviser, was named the director of Biden’s White House Domestic Policy Council. Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a three-term former congressman who served as Obama’s first White House chief of staff, seems increasingly unlikely to win a Cabinet post. …

Election 2020 Today: Biden adjusting for a divided Congress
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Election 2020 Today: Biden adjusting for a divided Congress

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Next for Biden: Getting the right health team as virus rages
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Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Up soon for President-elect Joe Biden: naming his top health care officials as the coronavirus pandemic rages. Alongside his health secretary, Biden is expected to name a top-level White House adviser to coordinate the government’s extensive coronavirus response. Under consideration for FDA are former deputy commissioner Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, who has also served as Maryland’s health secretary, and …

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The Independent  

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President-Elect Biden Names Core Members Of His Economic Team
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President-Elect Biden Names Core Members Of His Economic Team

NPR  

President-Elect Biden Names Core Members Of His Economic Team Enlarge this image toggle caption Mel Evans/AP Mel Evans/AP Updated at 12:45 a.m. ET With the American economy on uneven footing as coronavirus cases surge nationwide, President-elect Joe Biden formally announced top members of his incoming economic team on Monday. Like previous staff announcements, the economic team tapped by the Biden-Harris …

Joe Biden announces who will be in his White House team
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Joe Biden announces who will be in his White House team

The Independent  

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Election 2020 Today: Transition roadblock, Biden's warning
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Election 2020 Today: Transition roadblock, Biden's warning

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Trump aide promises ‘very professional transition’ to Biden administration
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The Independent  

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Progressives look to make early mark on Biden White House
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Progressives look to make early mark on Biden White House

Associated Press  

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Biden considers Hillary Clinton for UN ambassador role
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The Latest: Aide says Biden will appoint ‘COVID coordinator’
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Associated Press  

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Biden chooses longtime adviser Ron Klain as chief of staff

Associated Press  

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Firstpost  

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Biden chooses longtime adviser Ron Klain as chief of staff
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Biden chooses longtime adviser Ron Klain as chief of staff

The Independent  

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Biden chooses longtime adviser Ron Klain as chief of staff
4 years, 2 months ago

Biden chooses longtime adviser Ron Klain as chief of staff

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of staff, installing an aide with decades of experience in the top role in his White House. Klain served as chief of staff for Biden during Barack Obama’s first term, was chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore in the …

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Huff Post  

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CNN  

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Biden Names Longtime Aide Ron Klain As White House Chief Of Staff
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NPR  

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Biden names Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff
4 years, 2 months ago

Biden names Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff

CNN  

CNN — President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Ron Klain to be his incoming chief of staff,the Biden transition office said in a news release Wednesday, elevating his longtime aide to one of the most powerful positions in the White House. “His deep, varied experience and capacity to work with people all across the political spectrum is precisely what I need …

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CNN  

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Firstpost  

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The Hindu  

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