From NPR News in Washington, I am Windsor Johnston.President Obama has tapped his long-time advisor Denis McDonough to be the new White House Chief of Staff.NPR’s Scott Horsley reports McDonough would replace Jacob Lew who is expected to become the next treasury secretary.McDonough has been a close confidant to the President, since Obama first came to the U.S. Senate.He is currently the Deputy National Security Advisor,where White House officials say McDonough played a key role in major decisionsranging from Afghanistan to the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”.McDonough also has ties on Capitol Hill as a onetime staffer to former Democratic Senate Leader Tom Daschle.Many of the president’s personnel moves as he begins his second term have involved shuffling insiders,rather than recruiting new blood.Obama is tapping Vice Presidential Advisor Tony Blinken to fill McDonough’s old job on the national security team.Scott Horsley, NPR News, the White House.Vice President Joe Biden is taking the White House campaign on gun control to Virginia today.Biden is holding a round-table discussion in Richmond with expertswho worked on gun safety after the 2007 shooting at Virginia Tech."We had a great conversation,the president’s team, the secretaries, and I, and as well as the Justice Department Reps..We were able to really quiz our friends who have been through a horrible tragedy here
