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WASHINGTON DC, KOMPAS.com – After appointing Antony Blinken as the new United States Secretary of State, United States President-elect Joe Biden appointed former United States Secretary of State John Kerry as Special Envoy for Climate Change Issues .
Biden is also expected to name Janet Yellen as the first woman to become Finance Minister. Yellen once headed America’s central bank, the Federal Reserve, during Barack Obama’s presidency.
Biden’s roster of members of the next cabinet includes many women and citizens of color; some will go down in history as the first in their posts.
During the presidential election campaign, Biden promised that his administration would reflect America’s diversity.
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Alejandro Mayorkas’ attorney will be named the United States Secretary of National Security, making him the first Cuban-American to hold this position.
Avril Haines, former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), will be nominated for Director of National Intelligence and will become the first woman to hold the position.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield will be the Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), a position she is now strengthening at the ministerial level.
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Stay away from Donald Trump’s “America First”
“These officials will immediately begin working to rebuild our institutions, renew and restructure America’s leadership to safeguard security at home and abroad, and address the defining challenges of our time, from infectious diseases to terrorism to nuclear proliferation. and global threats, cyber and climate change, ” Biden’s Transition Team said in a statement.
In the coming weeks, Biden could also name Michele Flournoy as the first woman to head the Defense Ministry.
The White House has yet to hear from Donald Trump’s team about the announcement of the nomination, and neither has the Republican camp.
Currently, Republicans still control the United States Senate, but the situation could change if the Democratic stronghold can win two Senate terms in a follow-up election in the state of Georgia in January 2021.
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Climate change and improving international relations are priorities
The most significant change in political direction was the appointment of Kerry as the president’s special envoy for climate change issues.
While serving as US Secretary of State under the Obama administration, Kerry was a key driver of the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris Climate Agreement, two agreements that Trump immediately canceled when he took office.
Trump declared both agreements to be a failure of American diplomacy and called Kerry the worst secretary of state in American history. “
In response to his nomination by Biden, Kerry said the United States will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as an urgent threat to national security.
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“I am proud to be working with the President-elect, all of our allies and the young leaders of the climate movement to address this crisis as the President’s envoy for climate,” added Kerry.
Blinken, who is nominated as the new US Secretary of State, has also served as Assistant Secretary of State and Assistant National Security Adviser during the Obama administration.
If confirmed by the Senate, Blinken will become a major force for the new American administration to improve international relations, especially with long-time American allies, whom the Trump administration has sidelined for four years.
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