Joe Biden is said to have already nominated first candidates for important offices.
Antony Blinken, who advised Biden during Obama's tenure, is to become foreign minister.
Washington - Gradually,
Trump
fired the people around him and refilled important positions.
As it now turns out,
Biden is
apparently
bringing
former employees from
Barack Obama's
tenure back to the
White House
.
US media
unanimously report that
Antony Blinken is to become the
new
Secretary of State
.
On Tuesday,
Biden
plans to
officially unveil
part of his
cabinet
.
That said the designated
chief of staff Ronald Klain
the broadcaster ABC.
Blinken
was Deputy
Foreign Minister
between 2015 and 2017
.
He has been advising
Biden for
almost 20 years
.
Between 2009 and 2013 as National Security Advisor while
Biden
was
Vice President
under
Obama
.
He also worked as
Biden's
chief of staff in the
US Senate
.
US election: Biden's foreign policy plan explains the election to blink
In the field of
foreign policy
,
Joe Biden
plans to take
Trump's
drastic decisions
*
to reverse, be it relations with allies, the return to international agreements or cooperation with the WHO.
Since the 58-year-old is a proponent of multilateral cooperation and the international nuclear agreement with Iran, the choice of him as
foreign minister
seems
logical.
Also
Bidens *
The favorite for the post of national security advisor in the
White House has
already been determined: 43-year-old
Jake Sullivan
.
He is a close confidante of the former
State Department Hillary Clinton
, but has also worked there himself.
As of 2013,
Sullivan was
already working as
Biden's
national
security advisor
.
The
President's
National Security Advisor
has a key role in
foreign and security policy
.
68-year-old
Linda Thomas-Greenfield
is said to be the
US ambassador
to the
United Nations
.
She already has 35 years of experience in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
.
Most recently, she worked as Africa Minister between 2013 and 2017.
All three candidates have to be
confirmed
by the
Senate
after the nomination
, where the
Republicans -
as of now - have a slim majority.
Depending on the outcome of the runoff elections in the state of Georgia in early 2021, this could change.
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