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The Washington Post and other American media reported on the 11th (local time) that Ron Klein (center), who was in charge of preparing countermeasures against the Ebola virus, which is referred to as “ Ebola Tsar ”, In 2014, he was selected as the Biden administration’s first White House secretary. [연합뉴스]
The president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, selected Ron Klein (59) as the first secretary of the White House.
Klein, who served as Biden’s first vice president from 2009-2011 in the former Barack Obama administration, also served as chief secretary in the 1980s when elected Biden was chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. After that, he served as General Secretary to Vice President El Gore (1995-99) in the Bill Clinton administration.
In a statement issued the night of the 11th (local time), Biden-elect said: “In the last few years that we have worked together, Ron has become a valuable person to me. Together, in 2009, we saved the worst US economy, and in 2014 we had a difficult public health emergency. ” He added: “To unite the nation in the time of crisis we are now facing, Ron’s diverse experience and the ability to work with other people with different political positions is what the White House secretary needs.”
Klein’s secretary’s top nominee was called the Ebola Czar, who served as the Ebola Response Coordinator at the White House from 2014 to 2015, and was responsible for preparing the US Ebola virus response plan. ‘Tsar’, which means the Russian emperor, is a title that refers to a supervisor who wields great power by overseeing work in a specific field under the direct control of the White House. If the lead candidate for Klein’s secretary is appointed, he is expected to play a leading role in complaints of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19).
The WP said that Biden-elect’s decision on Klein’s appointment was taken for granted if he was close to Biden-elect. Pete Rouge, who served as a White House adviser in the Omaba administration, told WP that “Klein is a reasonable option.” And the strategic thinking that brings results.
In addition, on the 10th (local time), Biden-elect unveiled the procurement committee’s ‘Institutional Review Team (ART)’ list, such as state affairs, defense and finance, and initiated procurement by department. The list included Washington think tank experts and leading university professors such as the US Institute for Strategic International Studies (CSIS), the New American Security Center (CNAS) and the Rand Institute. A transition committee official said that of the hundreds of ARTs, about half would be women and 40% would be of color or gender minorities.
Reporter Baek Hee-yeon [email protected]
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