Per Azar himself

Posted on: February 27, 2020 at 09:49:50 CT

"Mick Mulvaney has been serving an invaluable role for me as acting chief of staff, helping to coordinate across the government with my colleagues and the whole of government approach," Azar continued. "Having the vice president gives me the biggest stick one could have in the government on this whole of government approach."

So, as everybody has been saying Pence has further reach across the gov't for coordination.