Washington, Nov 14 : Ronald A. Klain, former Chief of Staff and counselor to Vice President Al Gore, has accepted an offer to be the Chief of Staff to Vice President-elect Joe Biden, Democratic officials have said.

The position will put Klain, a seasoned political hand, at the heart of West Wing activity, Politico reported.

Biden, who has kept a low profile since Election Day, will head to the vice president’s official residence at the Naval Observatory at 5:15 p. m. Thursday for a private meeting with Vice President Cheney.

Washington  - US Vice President Dick Cheney on Thursday welcomed vice president-elect Joe Biden to his official residence at the Naval Observatory in north-west Washington DC.

The meeting followed Monday's exchange between president-elect Barack Obama and President George W Bush at the White House, as part of the transition process.

As Obama prepares for inauguration on January 20, he announced Thursday that he would be resigning his US Senate seat, effective Sunday.

Washington, Nov. 13 : U. S. Vice President-elect Joe Biden could carve out a unique role in Barack Obama''s administration as an adviser, congressional liaison and foreign policy expert, reports Fox News.

With more than 35 years in the U. S. Senate under his belt, Biden will be unusually influential, but not a high-profile, vice president, claims Democratic pollster Doug Schoen.

Washington, Nov 7 : Now, with Barack Obama and his running mate Joe Biden being elected in the just concluded elections, speculations are rife as to who would fill their seats in the Senate, which would soon fall vacant.

Obama and Biden have until Inauguration Day (on Jan. 20) to resign their Senate seats, but it is likely they will step down sooner to prevent their replacements from losing seniority to fellow senators who are sworn in on Jan. 6.

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Washington, Nov 4 : Telling voters in this swing state that “change is on the way,” Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden said he is not shy to express his view of the origin of women’s strength.

Biden greeted a crowd primed for the home stretch of this long campaign with as much energy as he’s had in the last two months on the trail as well as some typical Bidenese, FOX News reported.

The latest was about his sister, Val, his wife Jill, and Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, who introduced the Bidens at the rally of 1,100 people in the gym at Longview Community College.

Biden called his sister a “girl-boy,” meaning a tomboy, and then explained that girl-boys are softer than “girl-girls.”