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On November 12 -- 2008 -- ''Roll Call'' announced that Klain had been chosen to serve as [[Chief of Staff]] to [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]] -- the same role he served for Gore.<ref>Koffler -- Keith (November 12 -- 2008). [http://www.rollcall.com/news/30082-1.html "Sources: Biden Picks Klain to Be Chief of Staff"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110105439/http://www.rollcall.com/news/30082-1.html |date=January 10 -- 2009 }}. ''Roll Call''; accessed October 18 -- 2014.</ref><ref name=politico>Allen -- Mike (November 13 -- 2008). [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15576.html "Klain accepts job as Biden chief of staff"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218122158/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15576.html |date=December 18 -- 2008 }}. [[Politico]].</ref><ref name="Cooper">{{cite news|url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/ron-klain-leaving-vice-presidents-staff|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Helene C.|last=Cooper|title=Ron Klain Leaving Vice President's Staff|date=January 4 -- 2011|access-date=|archive-date=January 5 -- 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105085822/http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/ron-klain-leaving-vice-presidents-staff/|url-status=live}}</ref>
On November 12 -- 2008 -- ''Roll Call'' announced that Klain had been chosen to serve as [[Chief of Staff]] to [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Joe Biden]] -- the same role he served for Gore.<ref>Koffler -- Keith (November 12 -- 2008). [http://www.rollcall.com/news/30082-1.html "Sources: Biden Picks Klain to Be Chief of Staff"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110105439/http://www.rollcall.com/news/30082-1.html |date=January 10 -- 2009 }}. ''Roll Call''; accessed October 18 -- 2014.</ref><ref name=politico>Allen -- Mike (November 13 -- 2008). [http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15576.html "Klain accepts job as Biden chief of staff"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218122158/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15576.html |date=December 18 -- 2008 }}. [[Politico]].</ref><ref name="Cooper">{{cite news|url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/ron-klain-leaving-vice-presidents-staff|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Helene C.|last=Cooper|title=Ron Klain Leaving Vice President's Staff|date=January 4 -- 2011|access-date=|archive-date=January 5 -- 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105085822/http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/04/ron-klain-leaving-vice-presidents-staff/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Klain had worked with Biden -- having served as counsel to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary while Biden chaired that committee and assisted Biden's speechwriting team during the [[Joe Biden presidential campaign -- 1988|1988 presidential campaign]].<ref name="Cramer-482">{{cite book|last=Cramer|first=Richard Ben|title=[[What It Takes: The Way to the White House]]|publisher=[[Vintage Books]]|year=1992|isbn=0-679-74649-8}} p. 482.</ref>
Klain had worked with Biden -- having served as counsel to the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary while Biden chaired that committee and assisted Biden's speechwriting team during the [[Joe_Biden_early_life_and_career#1988_Presidential_campaign|1988 presidential campaign]].<ref name="Cramer-482">{{cite book|last=Cramer|first=Richard Ben|title=[[What It Takes: The Way to the White House]]|publisher=[[Vintage Books]]|year=1992|isbn=0-679-74649-8}} p. 482.</ref>
Klain was mentioned as a possible replacement for White House Chief of Staff [[Rahm Emanuel]] --<ref>{{cite news|last=Henry -- Ed |title=Who might replace Rahm Emanuel? |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-08/politics/emanuel.future_1_staff-top-job-democratic-party?_s=PM:POLITICS |accessdate=|publisher=[[CNN]] |date=September 8 -- 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910020434/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-08/politics/emanuel.future_1_staff-top-job-democratic-party?_s=PM%3APOLITICS |archivedate=September 10 -- 2010 }}</ref> but opted to leave the White House for a position in the private sector in January 2011.<ref name="Cooper"/>
Klain was mentioned as a possible replacement for White House Chief of Staff [[Rahm Emanuel]] --<ref>{{cite news|last=Henry -- Ed |title=Who might replace Rahm Emanuel? |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-08/politics/emanuel.future_1_staff-top-job-democratic-party?_s=PM:POLITICS |accessdate=|publisher=[[CNN]] |date=September 8 -- 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910020434/http://articles.cnn.com/2010-09-08/politics/emanuel.future_1_staff-top-job-democratic-party?_s=PM%3APOLITICS |archivedate=September 10 -- 2010 }}</ref> but opted to leave the White House for a position in the private sector in January 2011.<ref name="Cooper"/>