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Biden’s transition team also announced other big names for the first echelon of government in foreign policy and internal security: John kerry, former Secretary of State of the Obama administration, will be the special envoy of the president for the climate; Antony blink as secretary of state; Jake sullivan as a National Security Advisor; Linda Thomas-Greenfield as US ambassador to the UN.

The president-elect’s statement said that “these experienced and crisis-tested leaders will immediately begin working to rebuild our institutions, renew and reinvent American leadership. […] and meet the challenges that define our time, from infectious diseases to terrorism, nuclear proliferation, cyber threats and climate change. ”

See the names announced Monday for Biden’s office:

• Antonio blinking: Former undersecretary of state, he was appointed secretary of state. He previously held foreign affairs positions at the Capitol, the White House and the State Department.
• Alejandro Mayorkas: former undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He has served three times in the United States Senate in his career. He is the first Latino and immigrant named secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
• Linda Thomas-Greenfield: 35-year veteran ambassador in the United States foreign affairs service. He worked on four continents. She was appointed to serve as the United States ambassador to the United Nations.
• John Kerry: The former secretary of state will be the special presidential envoy for Climate and will be part of the National Security Council (NSC). This will be the first time that the NSC will include an envoy dedicated to climate change. According to Biden’s team, this reflects the president-elect’s commitment to addressing climate change as an urgent national security issue. Kerry ran for president in 2004 but lost to Republican George W. Bush, who was reelected that year.
• Avril Haines: Former deputy director of the CIA and deputy director of national security, will be appointed director of national intelligence. She will be the first woman to lead the American intelligence community.
• Jake Sullivan: will be appointed National Security Advisor. He is one of the youngest people to have held this position in decades, at the age of 43.

According to The New York Times, the team brings together senior Obama administration officials, most of whom have worked together at the State Department and the White House. They share the Democratic Party’s idea of ​​foreign policy, which includes international cooperation, strong alliances, and caution about foreign interventions after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The US press had announced on Sunday (22) that Antony Blinken should be appointed to the post of Secretary of State, which is equivalent to that of Minister of Foreign Affairs in Brazil.

The choice of the experienced diplomat is a decision that can to mark America’s return to multilateralism, after the current US president, Donald Trump, moved away from the traditional allies of the country.

Blinken, 58, is a top Democratic foreign policy contributor and was number two in the State Department during the Obama administration, when Biden was vice president, and served as John Kerry’s right-hand man, now chosen one. be the special envoy for the weather.

The announcement comes 20 days after the election in which Biden defeated Trump, although the current president has yet to acknowledge defeat.

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