“It’s a team that reflects the fact that America is back, ready to lead the world, not withdraw from it,” Biden said. Some of the people he selected were already in President Barack Obama’s administration, the BBC said. Biden made him vice president.
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He identified the fight against climate change, which will be in charge of former head of American diplomacy John Kerry, as one of the key topics of his administration.
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Avril Haines, the former head of the CIA, will become the director of the National Intelligence Service. She is the first woman in this position.
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Janet Yellen is expected to become finance minister, but this has not yet been confirmed.
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Alejandro Mayorkas is to become Minister of Homeland Security, followed by Jake Sullivan as National Security Adviser.
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