On August 8 the White House chief of staff, Ron Klain, turns 60 years old. It is, writes Mark Leibovich of the New York Times, a much-anticipated event on the D.C. social calendar. Klain, you see, has commemorated earlier âround-numbered birthdaysâ by throwing large, sumptuous âblowouts,â including a fête at a Maryland farm in 2011 where hundreds of VIPs gathered to eat deep-fried Oreos and deliver âtributes to the honoree.â
Everyone who was anyone in Barack Obamaâs Washington was there. Oneâs absence signified oneâs exclusion from the tribe. To know Ron Klain, then, is to have entered the power elite. âPlans for his 60th,â Leibovich continues, âhave become such a source of Beltway status anxiety that a small universe of Washington strivers is angling for details: Some have asked White House contacts whether a celebration is in the works and if invitations have gone out.â
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The Mark of Klain
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