WASHINGTON – Dr. Anthony F. C. will meet Thursday for the first time with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team and discuss the coronavirus epidemic response, said a person close to the infectious disease specialist and transition officer.
Fawcett previously spoke with Biden’s incoming White House Chief of Staff, Ron Klein, but Thursday’s virtual meeting will mark a more formal formality process and get better.
As soon as he takes over the new administration, the FuC National Institute plans to remain in the role of director of allergies and infectious diseases, sources said.
White House Task Force Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birks also began her formal contact with the Biden Transition team this week.
Meanwhile, Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are also receiving a meeting with advisers to the president’s daily briefing and transition team on Thursday. There are no public events on their schedule.
They are also expected to record a joint interview with CNN’s Jack Tapper on Thursday, part of which is scheduled to be completed after noon, with the full interview airing at 8 p.m.
- Biden could announce his health team as early as next week, the transition official told NBC News, including his selections for the Department of Health and Human Services, disease control and prevention centers, and the administration’s response to the outbreak. Former Obama Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is a leading contender for the post of HHS secretary, as is Rhode Island Governor Gina Raymondo.
- Former President Barack Obama and former Georgia House minority leader and state government candidate Stacey Abrams on Friday nominated the state’s Democratic Senate candidates, John Osoff and the Rev. Raphael will give the title of Vote-Out-of-Virtual Rally for Vernonck. The event will feature discussions with volunteers before the state’s Dec. 7 voter registration deadline and the early start of early voting on Dec. 14.
- Harris announced Thursday the appointments of more senior staff, including its chief of staff, Hartina Flournoy, who has served as former President Bill Clinton’s chief of staff. Rohini Kosoglu will serve as a domestic policy adviser and has been with Harris since her days in the Senate, as her chief of staff. Nancy Macedani, 30, of the Foreign Service, will serve as Harris’s national security adviser.
- Trump has not ruled out the possibility of firing Attorney General William Barr, according to the administration official and two people familiar with the matter, who also said the sudden departure was not imminent. Contrary to the baseless claims made by Trump, Burr said on Tuesday that the allegations came after no evidence of widespread fraud was found in the 2020 election.
- Ivanka Trump was ousted by attorneys that Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee misused donor funds, according to a submission filed by the new court, on Wednesday.
- Sec. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., Secretary of State for California, Alex Pillai Dilla, wants to replace Kamala Harris in the Senate next year.
- Mark Kelly was sworn in to the Senate Wednesday by Vice President Mike Pence, giving Democrats a key preference in the war-torn state of Arizona.
There are no public events on President Donald Trump’s schedule. He is expected to hold two events on Thursday, close to the press, to present former Notre Dame football coach L Lou Holtz the Medal of Freedom and to sign legislation aimed at modernizing information technology at the federal level and promoting an artificial order in the government. .
