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The president-elect of the United States has announced the names of his new team in the White House, but not all. According to media reports, a woman will head the US Treasury for the first time.
Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen would be the first US Secretary of the Treasury.
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US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named the first candidates to key positions in his future administration. The return of former Secretary of State John Kerry in the role of special envoy for climate on the White House National Security Council comes as a surprise. The nomination of exiled Cuban Alejandro Mayorkas as Minister of National Security is also a clear message. As previously leaked, the Foreign Office will take over from Biden’s foreign policy adviser, Antony Blinken.
Several US media also reported unanimously that the former head of the Federal Reserve, Janet Yellen, should be the first woman to assume the leadership of the US Treasury, but has not yet been no confirmation.
As Biden works to form a government, current President Donald Trump still refuses to accept his electoral defeat and continues to oppose the court. In the important state of Pennsylvania, his lawyers appealed the verdict on Monday a weekend judge who dismissed his lawsuit against the election results.
Kerry, 76, will also benefit from his experience as Foreign Minister from 2013 to 2017 in the climate sector. Biden wants the United States to return to the Paris climate agreement, from which Trump emerged. He also wants the United States to take world leadership in the fight against global warming.
John Kerry at an election rally in Biden, Iowa, on January 9, 2020.
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“The United States will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the most acute national security threat it poses,” Kerry wrote in a tweet. “I am proud to work with the president-elect, our allies, and the young leaders of the climate movement to address the crisis as the president’s climate commissioner.”
Alejandro Mayorkas, 60, was born in Cuba. His parents left the country shortly after Fidel Castro came to power. Among other things, he was a prosecutor in California and was already undersecretary of Homeland Security in the second term of Barack Obama. The ministry plays a central role, among other things, in dealing with illegal immigration at the border with Mexico and with people who are in the country without papers.
Blinken is an advocate for multilateral cooperation and the international nuclear deal with Iran. The 58-year-old was undersecretary of state from 2015 to 2017 and has been advising Biden for nearly 20 years: From 2009 to 2013, he was Biden’s national security adviser when he was vice president to Barack Obama. Blinken was previously the Senate Chief of Staff.
Antony Blinken as Deputy Foreign Minister in 2015.
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Biden wants to realign his country’s foreign policy. During the election campaign, he promised to cement relationships with allies around the world and bring the United States back to international agreements. Unlike current President Donald Trump, he also wants to continue working with the World Health Organization (WHO).
Biden also faces the great challenge of getting the US economy through the crisis, which has just escalated again, after taking office in January next year. The Ministry of Finance has a key role to play in this. It is believed that Yellen possible candidate is in favor of the theories of economist John Maynard Keynes, according to which governments play an important role in overcoming the economic crisis.
Biden nominates Jake Sullivan, 43, for the key position of national security adviser in the White House. Sullivan, a close confidant of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, also served in the State Department and from 2013 as national security adviser to Biden as vice president. The national security adviser traditionally plays an important role in the presidential leadership in shaping foreign and security policy.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a 68-year-old diplomat, will become the United States ambassador to the United Nations. She worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 35 years, most recently as Minister of Africa from 2013 to 2017. In addition, Avril Haines is said to be the first woman to lead the intelligence services (DNI) to coordinate the different intelligence agencies. Americans.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield was not known to all Western diplomats at the United Nations Headquarters in New York when the first rumors emerged. However, the first positive signs came from the circles of the Security Council: the 68-year-old man is a professional diplomat with many years of experience, including at the United Nations, and a special focus on Africa. This prepares them for immediate action when an appointment is made. Many UN diplomats consider Trump’s incumbent US ambassador and donor Kelly Craft the wrong choice due to a lack of diplomatic experience.
Biden had promised a government as diverse as the country. All of Biden’s nominated cabinet members, including Blinken and Thomas-Greenfield, have yet to be confirmed by the Senate. Republicans currently have a small majority there. Majority indices could change due to two runoff elections in the state of Georgia in early January.
