BREAKING: White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain is planning to depart after the State of the Union address in February once his successor is firmly in place, according to an administration official.
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain is planning to depart after the State of the Union address in February once his successor is firmly in place, according to an administration official.
Klain has been one of the most consequential chiefs of staff in the modern presidency and his departure will deprive President Biden of a trusted adviser who knows both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.The departure will come as Biden prepares to announce his reelection campaign and the White House is facing intense scrutiny from Congressional Republicans on classified documents found in his office and Delaware home. Biden has tried to persuade Klain to stay and White House officials have privately suggested that he is irreplaceable.Former COVID czar Jeff Zients has been leading an outside review on how to organize Biden’s White House — and his cabinet — for the last two years of his first term. It looks less likely that there will be a big cabinet shake-up, especially after Biden and Treasury Secretary Jane Yellen decided that she will stay on.Zients is among the candidates that could get the top job, according to people familiar with the matter. Other potential candidates include White House counselor Steve Ricchetti, who was considered for the top job at the beginning of the term. The White House could also bring in Tom Donilon, who served as President Obama’s National Security Adviser, and pair him with his brother, Mike Donilon, as co-chiefs-of-staff.Senior administration officials hold former New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu in high esteem. Susan Rice, who chairs the Domestic Policy Council, now has experience in domestic and foreign policy.
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