Obama Names Joe Biden's Former Chief of Staff "Ebola Czar"

Ron Klain was also chief of staff to Vice President Al Gore

Amid mounting pressure to name someone to spearhead the administration's response to the Ebola crisis, President Obama announced today that he plans to appoint Ron Klain, Vice President Joe Biden's former chief-of staff, as his Ebola czar, ABC News has confirmed.

Klain, who also served as Chief of Staff for Vice President Al Gore, now works as general counsel at Revolution LLC.

Comments

[Batgirl]

Am I the only one who cringes at the word 'czar'?

[Free Society]

at least they aren't spelling it 'tsar'. That would just be dumb.

[Rufus J. Firefly]

No.

[Brandon]

This dude is creepier-looking than Messina.

[sasob]

So now Barry Obola has someone to take the heat off of him?

[Anon E. Mouse]

Scapegoat, thy name is Ron Klain.

[Charles X]

Wouldn't it have been better to name a Dr rather then a lawyer?

[Batgirl]

That's just crazy talk.

[OfficialGovtSpokesperson]

In all fairness, it's probably easier to contain ebola than it is to contain Joe Biden.