Joe Biden ‘continues to prepare for president, appoints White House chief of staff’

Joe Biden, who has been congratulated by many countries on winning the US presidency, appointed his trusted aide Ron Klain as the White House chief of staff.

Klain has been Biden’s aide since the 1980s in the Senate and when he served as vice president.

Klain was also a White House assistant to President Barack Obama and Vice President Al Gore’s chief of staff.

The White House chief of staff does not need the approval of the Senate.

Ron Klain was also the writer of Biden’s speech when he ran for office in 1988 and 2008.

He also played a role in preparing presidential debates for Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Biden.

Joe Biden continues his preparations as president, although President Donald Trump refused to admit defeat.

On Wednesday, he continued to receive calls from international leaders such as the Prime Minister of Australia, the Prime Minister of Japan and the President of South Korea.

According to the US press, the US State Department has not yet sent international messages of congratulations to Mr. Biden and has not helped foreigners to communicate with Biden.

That’s because the General Services Administration (GSA) hasn’t officially recognized Biden’s victory.

Joe Biden surpassed 270 electoral votes last Saturday when he was expected to win in Pennsylvania.

According to the current BBC prediction, Biden has 279 votes and President Donald Trump 217 votes.

There are still three states that have not officially announced the winner.

In Georgia, Joe Biden leads with about 14,000 votes. Georgia is preparing to recount the votes because according to regulations, the loser can request a recount if the difference is less than 0.5%.

In Arizona, Biden also took the lead. The Arizona government will verify the results on November 30.

In North Carolina, Trump leads with about 73,000 votes.

On Thursday morning Japan time, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga spoke for about 15 minutes with Joe Biden.

Later, Mr. Suga informed reporters that Mr. Biden promised to apply Article 5 of the US-Japan Cooperation to the Senkaku Islands. This article states that the United States will defend Japanese territory if an attack occurs.

However, the Joe Biden group’s announcement about the phone call did not mention Senkaku’s name, but said that Mr. Biden “expressed a deep commitment to protect Japan and the United States’ commitment under Article 5.”

Suga said he congratulated Biden and Kamala Harris on the victory in the US presidential election.

“We will work to further strengthen the alliance together with the elected Biden,” Suga said.

“I tell the president-elect that the alliance is indispensable for regional and international peace and prosperity.”