Biden decides on the choice of Secretary of State

JB bidenBiden Romney on Trump’s election tactics: President Biden promises ‘harder to imagine more democratic measures’ His selection for the post of Secretary of State has been decided as the President works to work with an elected team that could possibly be confirmed by the OP GOP-controlled Senate.

Sources familiar with the process confirmed to The Hill that Biden has made up his mind as to who he wants to serve as the country’s top diplomat and is expected to be announced next week.

It was not immediately clear who Biden’s nominee would be, but a former Obama administration official confirmed to Hill that veteran diplomat and longtime Biden ally Tony Blinkon is considered the front-runner for the position.

Blinkon is seen in Washington as someone who would be more qualified for the role, given his past tenure as No. 2 in the State Department, as well as his role as Deputy National Security Adviser on Capitol Hill and at the Obama White House.

A transition spokesman declined to confirm that Biden had chosen the State Department nominee. Ios Xioz made the first decision that he had made a decision.

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Biden has already said he has chosen who he will nominate to serve as Treasury Secretary, although he also declined to specify who will be tapped to take on the role. The president-elect said this week that the man would be “accepted by all elements of the Democratic Party, from the progressive to the moderate coalition.”

The president-elect could face a fight with the Senate after his inauguration if the Democrats do not win Georgia’s two Senate runoffs in January, and with that given a Senate majority, he will have to take a sign from Republicans led by a Senate majority. Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Michelle McCallum on Trump’s election ploy: ‘It’s hard to imagine more democratic action than the worst’ by the President ‘ (On cue). Choose to his cabinet. However, the GOP regained Senators have indicated they will look to confirm nominees who are not seen outside the mainstream.

Ahead of his cabinet, Biden unveiled a new slate of rent to his White House on Friday with colleagues and members of the Obama administration, with his transition saying he was “putting a premium on hiring a variety of people who look like America.”

The report is contributed by Amy Parnes and Brett Samuels.