<p>President-elect Joe Biden will name Ron Klain, a veteran Democratic operative and a decadeslong confidant, to be his White House chief of staff as early as Thursday morning, according to several people familiar with Biden’s decision.</p>.<p>Klain, a lawyer with deep experience on Capitol Hill, advising President Barack Obama and in corporate board rooms, has been seen for months as the likeliest choice to manage Biden’s team in the White House. Known for steady nerves, he also has a fierce wit, which he has frequently unleashed on President Donald Trump on Twitter.</p>.<p>He was particularly critical of Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, having served as the “Ebola czar” under Obama during an outbreak of the deadly disease in his second term. A video of Klain lecturing Trump about the pandemic was widely seen during the campaign.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/imf-eyes-relationship-reset-with-biggest-shareholder-after-biden-win-914566.html">IMF eyes relationship reset with biggest shareholder after Biden win</a></strong></p>.<p>The choice of Klain, who first went to work for Biden in 1989 when Biden was a senator from Delaware and Klain was a recent graduate of Harvard Law School, signals that Biden intends to rely on a tight circle of Washington insiders who have been by his side for years.</p>.<p>Advisers have said that the president-elect will announce other top White House staff in the coming days, even as Trump refuses to accept the results of the election, tweeting “WE WILL WIN!” on Wednesday evening.</p>.<p>Biden is not likely to reveal his Cabinet picks until around Thanksgiving, several people close to the transition said.</p>.<p>As a political tactician, Klain is well versed in the levers of power in both the executive and legislative branches of government. But he will quickly come under pressure to assemble a White House staff that extends beyond the moderate members of the Democratic establishment with whom Biden has surrounded himself over four decades in politics.</p>.<p>Even before Biden’s announcement, liberals in the party had already begun demanding that progressives be given a significant voice in the West Wing. And the president-elect will also be pressed to fulfill his campaign pledge to make his administration “look like the country” by tapping people of color, LGBTQ Americans and other minorities to be part of the White House staff.</p>
<p>President-elect Joe Biden will name Ron Klain, a veteran Democratic operative and a decadeslong confidant, to be his White House chief of staff as early as Thursday morning, according to several people familiar with Biden’s decision.</p>.<p>Klain, a lawyer with deep experience on Capitol Hill, advising President Barack Obama and in corporate board rooms, has been seen for months as the likeliest choice to manage Biden’s team in the White House. Known for steady nerves, he also has a fierce wit, which he has frequently unleashed on President Donald Trump on Twitter.</p>.<p>He was particularly critical of Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, having served as the “Ebola czar” under Obama during an outbreak of the deadly disease in his second term. A video of Klain lecturing Trump about the pandemic was widely seen during the campaign.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/imf-eyes-relationship-reset-with-biggest-shareholder-after-biden-win-914566.html">IMF eyes relationship reset with biggest shareholder after Biden win</a></strong></p>.<p>The choice of Klain, who first went to work for Biden in 1989 when Biden was a senator from Delaware and Klain was a recent graduate of Harvard Law School, signals that Biden intends to rely on a tight circle of Washington insiders who have been by his side for years.</p>.<p>Advisers have said that the president-elect will announce other top White House staff in the coming days, even as Trump refuses to accept the results of the election, tweeting “WE WILL WIN!” on Wednesday evening.</p>.<p>Biden is not likely to reveal his Cabinet picks until around Thanksgiving, several people close to the transition said.</p>.<p>As a political tactician, Klain is well versed in the levers of power in both the executive and legislative branches of government. But he will quickly come under pressure to assemble a White House staff that extends beyond the moderate members of the Democratic establishment with whom Biden has surrounded himself over four decades in politics.</p>.<p>Even before Biden’s announcement, liberals in the party had already begun demanding that progressives be given a significant voice in the West Wing. And the president-elect will also be pressed to fulfill his campaign pledge to make his administration “look like the country” by tapping people of color, LGBTQ Americans and other minorities to be part of the White House staff.</p>