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Joe Biden

Vice President

Vice President

202-456-9000

When Biden became Barack Obama's running mate, an immediate story line was whether the veteran lawmaker could adjust to no longer calling his own shots. ...

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Ron Klain

Vice President

Chief of Staff to the Vice President

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Klain spent the past eight years in the wilderness of the private sector (lobbying and private equity), then picked up exactly where he had left ...

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Cynthia Hogan

Vice President

Chief counsel to the Vice President

Hogan, 51, has seen the Supreme Court nomination process from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue--first as chief counsel to then-Judiciary Committee Chairman Biden from 1991 ...

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Tony Blinken

Vice President

National Security Adviser to the Vice President

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Vice President Biden, the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is a heavyweight adviser in the White House on international policy, which means ...

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Jared Bernstein

Vice President

Economic Adviser to the Vice President

202-506-3070

Bernstein, 53, is the most progressive member of the Obama economic team, but it is not yet clear how much influence he is having in ...

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Matt Teper

Vice President

Speechwriter for the Vice President

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To cinch the job as Biden's speechwriter, Teper drafted a sample toast to honor the Italian ambassador. This prepared him for polishing a real one ...

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Moe Vela Jr.

Vice President

Director of Administration

202-456-2599

Vela, 48, was the third of five children in a family that lived near the Mexican border in Harlingen, Texas, a largely Hispanic community. After ...

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Edward DeSeve

Vice President

Special Adviser to the Vice President, Special Adviser to the OMB Director of Implementation of the Recovery Act

202-456-7549

As the man overseeing $787 billion in stimulus spending, DeSeve is holding a pile of political capital in the palm of his hand. But he's ...

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Jay Carney

Vice President

Communications Director

202-456-0373

Carney was Washington bureau chief for Time magazine, having previously reported from bureaus in Moscow and Miami, when he agreed to come to the White ...

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Elizabeth Alexander

Vice President

Press Secretary

202-456-1414

Alexander, 30, joined Biden's staff when he was a senator from Delaware and she was a part-time law student at Georgetown University. She recalls her ...

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