Ron Klain’s experience working with people from all political backgrounds is precisely what I need: Joe Biden
Washington:
US President-elect Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he had chosen Ron Klain, a veteran Democratic agent, as chief of staff, his first choice of public staff for the White House.
“Ron has been invaluable to me over the many years we’ve worked together,” Biden said in a statement about Klain, who was also the Democrat’s first chief of staff when he became vice president in 2009.
“His deep and varied experience and ability to work with people from all political backgrounds is precisely what I need in a White House Chief of Staff as we face this moment of crisis and bring our country together again. Biden said.
Klain, 59, also worked with Biden when he was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Then he was chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore.
Under President Barack Obama, Klain coordinated the White House response to the Ebola crisis in 2014.
In the same statement released by Biden’s transition team, Klain said it was “the honor of a lifetime” to be named Biden’s chief of staff.
“I look forward to helping him and the Vice President-elect bring together a talented and diverse team to work in the White House, as we tackle their ambitious agenda for change and seek to bridge the divides in our country, ”Klain said.
President Donald Trump lost the November 3 election according to all major U.S. media projections, but he has so far refused to give in and is waging a broad legal fight to overturn the result.
A key government agency, the General Service Administration, has also refused to officially acknowledge that Biden is the president-elect, blocking funding and cooperation for Biden’s transition process.
Klain’s choice drew praise from Democrats and even a prominent Republican voice.
Senate Democrat Elizabeth Warren called Klain a “great choice” for chief of staff because he “understands the scale of the health and economic crisis and has the experience to lead this next administration.”
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt called Klain a “formidable choice for president-elect” and “a serious student” of pandemic risk.
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