Joe Biden picks Jeff Zients as his next White House chief of staff

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US President Joe Biden announced Jeff Zients as his next White House chief of staff on Friday.

Zients is an experienced technocrat who headed his administration's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.READ MORE:US President Joe Biden to select Covid-19 response leader as his next Chief of Staff

Zients, 56, will be tasked with shepherding White House operations at Biden's pivotal two-year mark, when the Democratic administration shifts from ambitious legislating to implementing those policies and fending off Republican efforts to defang the achievements. "The halfway point of your first term - with two successful years behind us, and key decisions on the next two years ahead - is the right time for this team to have fresh leadership," he wrote. "I have served longer than eight of the last nine Chiefs of Staff, and have given this job my all; now it is time for someone else to take it on."

Biden said that he would host an event at the White House next week to thank Klain for his service and to welcome Zients to the role. Then-President Barack Obama also tapped Zients in 2009 to eliminate the backlog in applicants for the Cash for Clunkers program, which offered rebates to drivers who swapped old cars for fuel-efficient vehicles. Zients later took on a similar challenge to smooth sign-ups for an updated version of the GI Bill.

"He led my economic team as we pushed our most progressive economic policies, and I know he'll serve @POTUS and the American people well in this new role."

 

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