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Jeff Zients speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware on December 8, 2020, to announce US President-elect Joe Biden's health care team. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
January 27, 2023, 6:11 pm
Biden announces appointment of Jeff Zients to replace Ron Klain as chief of staff
Ex-director of White House’s COVID response and initial investor in DC Jew-ish deli ‘Call Your Mother’ becomes second successive member of Tribe to fill senior post
By Jacob Magid and AP
Then-White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients removes a face mask, as he prepares to speak at a press briefing at the White House, April 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
January 22, 2023, 11:06 pm
Biden expected to tap Jeff Zients as new chief of staff after Ron Klain leaves
Jeff Zients served as COVID response coordinator at beginning of Biden’s term but has since worked in a low-profile post on staffing matters
By Zeke Miller and MICHAEL BALSAMO
White House chief of staff Ron Klain walks to the South Lawn of the White House to attend an event celebrating the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to reach the US Supreme Court, in Washington, April 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
January 22, 2023, 1:53 am
White House chief of staff Ron Klain, a top Biden aide, expected to step down soon
Development, a rarity in current US administration after Trump’s frequent staff changes, comes after Democrats lost House control and shift to defense mode
By Seung Min Kim, MICHAEL BALSAMO and Zeke Miller
US President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware on January 7, 2021. He called the US Capitol protests one of the 'darkest days' in US history. (JIM WATSON / AFP)
January 20, 2021, 6:45 pm
All the Jews Biden has tapped for top roles in his new administration
From secretary of state to attorney general, a diverse cross-section of American Jewry is set to fill seats at the incoming president’s Cabinet table and elsewhere in government
By JTA
In this Oct. 5, 2016, file photo American political operative Ron Klain arrives at Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's home in Washington (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
December 2, 2020, 6:06 pm
With power-player consigliere Klain, Biden puts White House reins in an old hand
Incoming chief of staff is experienced master of policy with a reputation among Democrats and, strikingly, even some Republicans for competence, combined with authority on pandemic
By ASHRAF KHALIL and Laurie Kellman
US President-elect Joe Biden listens as his Secretary of State nominee Tony Blinken speaks at The Queen theater, in Wilmington, Delaware, November 24, 2020. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
November 25, 2020, 10:14 am
Biden makes experience a priority with his Cabinet picks
Eschewing family members and tributes from his selectees, US president-elect puts emphasis on qualified professionals
By Jonathan Lemire
US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 29, 2016, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
November 23, 2020, 3:59 am
Biden tipped to name Tony Blinken as secretary of state
Report says long-time foreign adviser, who is Jewish, to be named top US diplomat Tuesday, as president-elect continues to flesh out cabinet despite Trump effort to impede process
By ToI Staff and AP
A bus stop ad for COVID-19 testing is shown outside Pfizer world headquarters in New York on Monday Nov. 9, 2020. Pfizer says an early peek at its vaccine data suggests the shots may be 90% effective at preventing COVID-19, but it doesn't mean a vaccine is imminent. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
November 16, 2020, 5:35 am
As Trump stalls, Biden advisers to meet vaccine makers to plan rollout
Fauci cautions that arrival of vaccines will not be like flipping a switch to return to normal life, urges Americans to continue taking precautions, social distancing
By Ricardo ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and Will Weissert
Outgoing Ebola czar Ron Klain listens as President Barack Obama speaks about the Ebola outbreak response by the US in West Africa, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015, in the South Court Auditorium of the White House complex in Washington. Obama plans to withdraw most US military troops fighting Ebola outbreak in West Africa. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
November 12, 2020, 3:49 am
Biden taps longtime adviser Ron Klain as White House chief of staff
Klain, who is Jewish, served as Biden’s top aide in first term as vice president, oversaw Ebola response during 2014 outbreak and helped draft 2009 economic recovery plan
By Alexandra Jaffe
Cars pass Manhattan's Bellevue Hospital where Craig Spencer, a Doctors Without Borders physician who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa, was rushed to Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
October 24, 2014, 10:39 am
After 1st Ebola case in NYC, 3 others quarantined
‘No reason to be alarmed,’ mayor assures after doctor returns from West Africa carrying virus
By Jonathan Lemire and Colleen Long
Ron Klain, who was tasked by US President Barack Obama on October 17, 2014, with running the government's response to the Ebola crisis. (photo credit: AP/Revolution)
October 20, 2014, 9:43 pm
Ebola ‘czar’ knows Washington, but not medicine
Ron Klain seen as a problem solver who can get the job done, despite his lack of medical experience
By AP and JTA
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