Bruce Reed (political operative)
| Bruce Reed | |
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| Chief of Staff to the Vice President | |
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In office January 14, 2011 – December 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Ron Klain |
| Succeeded by | Steve Ricchetti |
| Director of the Domestic Policy Council | |
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In office December 20, 1996 – January 20, 2001 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Carol Rasco |
| Succeeded by | John Bridgeland |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 16, 1960 Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education |
Princeton University (BA) Lincoln College, Oxford (MPhil) |
Bruce Reed (born March 16, 1960) is the former president of the Broad Foundation. Prior to assuming that role in December 2013, he served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and is a former CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC).
Reed is a native of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and the son of Idaho State Senator Mary Lou Reed and Scott Reed, prominent environmental attorney. He attended Princeton University, graduating in 1982, and earned a master's degree in English Literature from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
Reed served as chief speechwriter for Tennessee Senator Al Gore from 1985 to 1989. He was founding editor of the DLC magazine, The New Democrat and served as policy director of the DLC from 1990 to 1991 under DLC Chairman and Governor of Arkansas Bill Clinton. In 1992, he was deputy campaign manager for policy of the Clinton-Gore presidential campaign. During the Clinton presidency, Reed served as chief domestic policy advisor and director of the Domestic Policy Council, and helped to write the 1996 welfare reform law known as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act. He is credited with coining the welfare reform catchphrase, "end welfare as we know it."
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