Biden unveils security and foreign policy team

November 23, 2020 23:02

Joe Biden's transition team has announced several key nominations and appointments for his national security and foreign policy team.

>> Antony Blinken, a former deputy secretary of state, will be nominated to serve as secretary of state, as previously reported.

>> Alejandro Mayorkas, a former deputy secretary of the the department of homeland security, will be nominated to serve as DHS secretary. If confirmed, Mayorkas will be the first Latino and immigrant to serve as DHS secretary.

>> Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a former US ambassador, will be nominated as ambassador to the UN.

>> John Kerry, the former secretary of state, will serve as a special presidential envoy for climate and will sit on the national security council.

>> Avril Haines, a former deputy CIA director, will be nominated to serve as the director of national intelligence. If confirmed, she will be the first woman to lead the US intelligence community.

>> Jake Sullivan, a longtime Biden adviser, will serve as national security adviser.

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