We’ve done some digging and pieced together who occupies most of the offices on the first two floors of the West Wing.
Here's the latest layout, according to several White House sources: politi.co/3ojjoqQ
Just steps from the Oval, in the most important real estate in the White House, sit:
• Mike Donilon
• Steve Ricchetti
• Bruce Reed
• Jen O'Malley Dillon
• Ron Klain
Down the hall:
• Anita Dunn
• Kate Bedingfield
• Jake Sullivan
• Annie Tomasini politi.co/3ojjoqQ
All but 4 (Cedric Richmond, Adrian Saenz, Susan Rice and Kamala Harris) of the 22 people with a prime office on the 1st and 2nd floors of the West Wing are white. (11 men and 11 women.) They are who will have the most face time with Biden every day. politi.co/3ojjoqQ
We noticed Val Biden, the president’s sister and one of his closest confidantes, does not yet appear to have an office, though the matter has been discussed internally politi.co/3ojjoqQ
In the Biden W.H., the senior advisers have senior advisers. (And this is a more diverse group.)
• Thomas Winslow
• Zayn Diddique
• John McCarthy
• Remi Yamamoto
• Elizabeth Wilkins
All 5 influential aides have desks in the main power corridor. politi.co/3ojjoqQ
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