Ron Klain: Named New White House Chief of Staff by Joe Biden

Ronald “Ron” Klain (59) has been named White House Chief of Staff in the new Biden Administration. Klain is an attorney and longtime political consultant. He served as chief of staff for Vice President AL Gore and later Vice President Joe Biden. In addition, President Barack Obama appointed him to be the White House Ebola Response Coordinator in late 2014, serving into early 2015. Klain joined Joe Biden’s presidential campaign as senior adviser in early 2020.
 
Quotes: “His deep, varied experience and capacity to work with people all across the political spectrum is precisely what I need in a White House chief of staff as we confront this moment of crisis and bring our country together again.” — President-elect Biden on why he chose Ron Klain to be his chief of staff
 
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