After signaling interest in appointing an "Ebola czar" to head-up the United States' response to the virus—which has been criticized as inefficient from all sides—President Obama will appoint Vice President Joe Biden's former chief of staff, Ron Klain, to the post, CNN reports.

Klain, who also served as Al Gore's chief of staff, is currently the president of Case Holdings, the holding company of AOL co-founder Steve Case. In his new role, White House officials told CNN, he'll report to Homeland Security adviser Lisa Monaco and National Security adviser Susan Rice. From CNN:

Klain is highly regarded at the White House as a good manager with excellent relationships both in the administration and on Capitol Hill. His supervision of the allocation of funds in the stimulus act — at the time and incredible and complicated government undertaking — is respected in Washington. He does not have any extensive background in health care but the job is regarded as a managerial challenge.

"Klain's role is consistent with the view the president articulated in the Oval Office last night that Monaco, Rice and others have done outstanding work in confronting this challenge so far—but given their management of other national and homeland security priorities, additional bandwidth will further enhance the government's Ebola response," the White House said in a statement to the Washington Post.

Obama told reporters yesterday that "it may be appropriate for me to appoint an additional person" to manage Ebola response logistics. Two Americans—nurses at a hospital in Dallas—have tested positive for the virus after treating Liberian citizen Thomas Eric Duncan, who died of Ebola last Wednesday.

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