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Headline Roundup November 17th, 2020

Biden Announces Several White House Staff Picks

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Projected 2020 presidential winner Joe Biden announced nine new senior White House staff appointments Tuesday despite the fact that President Donald Trump continues to contest election results. Biden's campaign page states a commitment to building an "administration that looks like America"; his staff picks so far include five women and four people of color, many of them drawn from his own campaign advisers and aides. Other notable appointments include Ron Klain as Chief of Staff, former campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon as his deputy chief of staff, and campaign co-chair and Louisiana congressman Cedric Richmond as the lead of White House Office of Public Engagement. Coverage from across the political spectrum analyzed each appointment and their history; reports from left-rated sources tended to emphasize the diversity within Biden's staff picks.

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Biden Administration: Here's Who Has Been Named So Far
Biden Administration: Here's Who Has Been Named So Far

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Analysis

President-elect Joe Biden is assembling his inner circle of advisers and Cabinet officials, despite President Trump's continued dismissal of the validity of the election.

Within a week after gaining the electoral votes needed to win the presidency, Biden announced that adviser and lawyer Ron Klain would be his chief of staff. Klain is the first official to be formally named by Biden.

Biden has since announced a slew of close advisers who will head key parts of his White House operation. He has named former campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon...

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Biden appoints team of longtime aides to key White House posts
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Joe Biden is filling his White House with longtime aides who served in key roles in his campaign and, in some cases, worked alongside the president-elect during the Obama administration.

The Biden transition team announced a series of staff moves Tuesday, including that adviser and confidant Mike Donilon will move to the White House as senior adviser to the president. Donilon drove much of the messaging on the campaign and had served as counselor to Biden when he was vice president.

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Joe Biden to name Cedric Richmond, Jen O’Malley Dillon to key White House jobs
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President-elect Joe Biden will announce three key appointments to his incoming White House staff Tuesday.

Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) will leave Congress to take on a senior adviser role in the Biden administration handling public engagement, while Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon will serve as deputy chief of staff and longtime Biden confidant Steve Ricchetti will become a counselor to the president, people familiar with the matter said ahead of Tuesday’s announcement.

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