White House Chief of Staff

The White House Chief of Staff is the highest ranking employee of the White House Office inside the Executive Office of the President of the United States and is an Assistant to the President.

The current White House Chief of Staff is Jacob Lew, who assumed the position on January 27, 2012, after William M. Daley resigned.

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