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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has tapped his long-time confidant Ron Klain as his White House chief of staff.
While Biden is building his transition team, President Donald Trump made his first public appearance in several days to honor the nation's military heroes on Veterans Day.
Kim Sung-min has the details.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday appointed his longtime aide Ron Klain as the White House chief of staff.
Klain has been one of the President-elect's closest confidants since he first started working for Biden in 1989,... back when Biden was a U.S. senator.
In a statement, Biden said Klain has been invaluable to him for many years,... mentioning their past experiences of dealing with the health emergency in 2014.
Klain served as the "Ebola tsar" in the Obama administration and is expected to become a key figure in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Biden transition team has also announced its agency review groups on Tuesday.
North Korea expert Jung Pak has been named in the 23-member Intelligence Community group.
Pak, a former CIA analyst who is now working at the Brookings Institution, has already been providing informal counsel to the Biden camp.
While Biden is preparing his transition teams, some of President Trump's closest confidants are reportedly doubting the chances of reversing the election results.
According to the Washington Post's sources, even hardliners like chief of staff Mark Meadows and Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel have started to doubt the possibility of winning.
Yet, media outlets still say it is unlikely that Trump will ever officially concede the race.
Meanwhile, both Trump and Biden on Wednesday paid tribute to American military veterans.
In his first public appearance in five days, President Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery.
Biden on the other hand laid a wreath at the Korean War Memorial in Philadelphia, which some experts regarded as a positive sign for ties with South Korea.
Kim Sung-min, Arirang News
