Former Lobbyist Named Biden?s Chief of Staff

nytimes.com — President-elect Barack Obama named Ronald A. Klain, a former lobbyist and Clinton White House lawyer, as chief of staff to Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. ...His selection is one of several early appointments to Mr. Obama?s White House and transition staff that calls attention to the limits of Mr. Obama?s sweeping self-imposed ethics rules Nov 18, 2008 View in Crawl 4