China News Service, January 22. According to a CNN report on the 21st local time, multiple sources familiar with the matter revealed that White House Chief of Staff Ron Klein is expected to speak shortly after President Biden delivered his State of the Union address. resign.
Klein is the backbone of the Biden administration.
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According to reports, Biden's State of the Union address is scheduled to be delivered on February 7.
People familiar with the matter said that Klein's exact departure time has not been determined, and it is expected that it will take some time to assist in the handover.
The New York Times stated that Klein's departure would be a "rare" change of senior personnel in the US government.
The U.S. government has remained fairly stable through the crises and political struggles of the past two years.
CNN stated that Klein's departure will be a "difficult moment" for Biden.
The special prosecutor is currently investigating the Biden confidential documents incident.
Meanwhile, the Biden administration and the Biden family are facing renewed scrutiny by the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives.
But an official familiar with the matter told CNN that Klein's decision to resign had nothing to do with the investigation of Biden's classified documents and that the decision had already been made.
Klein has been communicating his intention to leave since the November 2022 midterm elections, calling the position exhausting, senior administration officials said.
CNN stated that Klein would "email employees at all times and even check gas prices in the middle of the night - a pace of work that many of his colleagues believed was unsustainable."
According to US media, Klein has always been a very important figure in the Biden administration. He has worked for Biden on and off for more than 30 years.
Admirers say few have guided the president the way Klein has.
Klein is so influential that Republicans deride him as a "virtual prime minister" and Democrats blame him when they are disappointed by a decision.
According to reports, Biden has not yet determined the candidate for the next White House chief of staff.
Officials have also been quietly weighing potential replacements for him, including Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Steve Richetti, one of Biden's closest advisers, Anita Dunne, a top Biden adviser, White House COVID-19 Coordinator Zienz, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and others.
Neither Klein nor the potential candidates have commented so far.