answers questions from the press at The Queen in Wilmington,
Delaware on November 16, 2020. ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP
US President-elect Joe Biden announced Tuesday he has
appointed nine close campaign aides to key White House positions as
he fleshes out a diverse leadership team less than a week after
naming his chief of staff.
“America faces great challenges, and they bring diverse
perspectives and a shared commitment to tackling these challenges
and emerging on the other side a stronger, more united nation,”
Biden said in a statement.
The new appointees — some of the first among hundreds that Biden
will name to the White House in the coming months — include his
2020 campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon being named deputy chief
of staff.
The 44-year-old will serve under White House chief of staff Ron
Klain, whom Biden appointed last week.
A veteran of seven presidential campaigns, O’Malley Dillon
served as deputy campaign manager for Barack Obama’s successful
2012 reelection effort.
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Campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond, a House Democrat from
Louisiana, was named senior advisor to the president.
The African-American lawmaker, 47, will leave his seat in
Congress to take his White House job when Biden is inaugurated on
January 20.
Biden also named Mike Donilon, a chief strategist for his
campaign and a veteran Democratic tactician, to serve as senior
advisor to the president.
“The team we have already started to assemble will enable us to
meet the challenges facing our country on day one,” Klain said in
the statement.
Other appointments include the chief of staff and senior advisor
to incoming First Lady Jill Biden, a counsel to the president and a
director of Oval Office operations.
The appointments come as President Donald Trump continues to
challenge the results of the November 3 election and refuses to
concede the race to Biden, and as his administration has declined
to formally cooperate with Biden’s transition team.
AFP
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