President-Elect Joe Biden Makes Cabinet Appointments
NNPA NEWSWIIRE — Alejandro Mayorkas, a former Deputy Secretary
at the Department of Homeland Security, will become the first Latino and
immigrant nominated to serve as the Department of Homeland Security Secretary.
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia
President-Elect Joe Biden has continued to fill out his staff and cabinet appointments, naming several more officials to various posts ahead of his January 20 inauguration.
Biden tapped Anthony Blinken, a former Deputy Secretary of
State, to serve as Secretary of State in the incoming administration.
Alejandro Mayorkas, a former Deputy Secretary at the
Department of Homeland Security, will become the first Latino and immigrant
nominated to serve as the Department of Homeland Security Secretary.
The Biden team named Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield as
the incoming administration’s nomination to serve as United Nations Ambassador.
Biden intends to elevate that role to a cabinet level position.
Former Secretary of State John Kerry will serve as Special
Presidential Envoy for Climate, marking the first time the National Security
Council will include an official dedicated to climate change.
Avril Haines, a former Deputy Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency and Deputy National Security Advisor, receives the
nomination of Director of National Intelligence. If confirmed, Haines would
become the first woman to lead U.S. Intelligence.
Biden also selected Jake Sullivan as National Security
Advisor. At 43, Sullivan would lay claim as one of the youngest to serve in
that position.