Washington-SANA
US President-elect Joe Biden today completed the formation of his diplomatic team, which includes former diplomats and embodies his desire to break with the unilateral approach of the administration of outgoing President Donald Trump.
Reuters reported that Biden nominated veteran diplomat in foreign affairs, Wendy Sherman, for the second highest position in the State Department, and Victoria Nuland, who was the most senior US diplomat in Europe, ambassador to NATO and spokesperson for the State Department, for the position of Under Secretary for Political Affairs, which is effectively the third highest diplomatic position. American.
Biden also nominated one of his long-time foreign policy advisers, Brian McCune, for the position of Deputy Secretary of State for Administration, Resources and Diplomacy, Bonnie Jenkins for the position of Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, while Diplomacy nominated Ezra Zia for the position of Under Secretary for Civil Security, Democracy and Human Rights.
According to American media reports, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a special session next Tuesday to appoint Anthony Blinken, Biden's candidate for the position of Secretary of State, and in the event that the nominations are approved, all the candidates whose names were revealed today will work under the Blinken administration.
Biden announced earlier today that he had chosen geneticist Eric Lander to be the scientific advisor to the White House, explaining that this position had become a minister, contrary to what was the situation during the era of his predecessor Trump, who was known to question science, especially about climate change, where he went so far as to describe The chief infectious disease expert in the United States, Anthony Fauci, and other experts have advised the use of masks and spatial distancing to fight Covid 19 that they are stupid.