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The State Department transition team was contacted by President-elect Joe Biden’s State Department agency review team last night after the General Services Administration determined Biden’s victory, according to a senior State Department official. with knowledge of the transition.
The rapprochement came from Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who is the team leader and Biden’s choice for ambassador to the UN, the official said.
Today there will be a virtual meeting with the State Department’s transition team, led by Ambassador Dan Smith, and Biden’s transition team, the official said. This will be his first official meeting and comes more than two weeks after Biden gave a victory speech and was declared the winner of the election.
The meeting will begin to delve into logistical and substantive details, such as the pace of the process over the next few weeks and how much of the process will be done in person and how much will be done virtually, the official said.
While there is a lot of activity at the State Department’s transition offices this morning, none of Biden’s State Department team has visited the offices yet, the official said.
Today, Thomas-Greenfield is with Biden in Wilmington, Delaware, as he formally unveils a series of high-profile appointments to the cabinet, including his plan to send her to represent the United States at the UN.
Traditionally, Cabinet elections do not occur until after the transition has been in motion for at least a few weeks.
With key cabinet selections for the state already made, with Tony Blinken chosen to be Biden’s Secretary of State, the transition process will operate a little faster as the career transition team in the state knows who they are working with. and can prepare the materials they need. with your input, the official said.
