Former Biden chief of staff to lead Ebola response

photo President Barack Obama, second from right, next to Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, right, participates in a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014, with members of his team coordinating the government's response to the Ebola outbreak. On video monitor at left is Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Thomas Frieden. Also attending are Vice President Joe Biden, left, Attorney General Eric Holder and starting second from left on the far side of the table, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco, and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is naming Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden and a trusted adviser at the Obama White House, as the point man on the U.S. government's response to the Ebola crisis.

Obama has been under pressure to name an Ebola "czar" to oversee health security in the U.S. and actions to help stem the outbreak in West Africa.

Klain has been out of government since leaving Biden's office during the Obama's first term. The White House said that Klain would report to national security adviser Susan Rice and to homeland security and counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco.

Klain, a lawyer, also served as chief of staff for Vice President Al Gore. He previously served under Attorney General Janet Reno in the Clinton administration.

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