Ron Klain was an essential part of Joe Biden's success in his first two years and he was there for all of his failures as well. The most important duty of any White House Chief of Staff is the ability to walk into the Oval Office, close the door behind you and tell the president what he doesn't want to hear. This job kind of sounds like hell on earth to me. Is it a job you would ever want? I'm not sure I'm kind of out for it, but here's the irony. You get all of the blame for things that go wrong, none of the credit for Things that go right.
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