2020 US Elections – Biden Aims To Make John Kerry Special Envoy for Climate Change – News

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• 18:36

  Biden holt John Kerry ins Boot

  US President-elect Joe Biden wants to appoint former Secretary of State John Kerry as a special climate envoy. Biden’s team also confirmed that Antony Blinken should be appointed foreign minister. Blinken is a proponent of multinational cooperation and has been advising Biden for nearly 20 years. Alejandro Mayorkas is set to become the first Latin American to serve as Homeland Security Secretary, at the behest of Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

  For the first time, with Avril Haines, a woman coordinates the various secret services as director of the secret services. Biden’s team also confirmed media reports that Jake Sullivan will become National Security Advisor to the White House and Linda Thomas-Greenfield will represent the United States as an ambassador to the United Nations.

  “We have no time to waste when it comes to our national security and our foreign policy,” Biden said in the statement. “I need a team ready on the first day to help me regain America’s place at the head of the table, bring the world together for the biggest challenges we face and promote our security, prosperity and values.” Nominations must be confirmed by the Senate.

• 6:19

  According to media reports, Biden Blinken’s confidant will be foreign minister

  It’s not official yet. But several US media outlets – including CNN and the “New York Times” – believe they already know who will be the new US Secretary of State: Antony Blinken, Joe Biden’s foreign policy advisor during the election campaign.

  The 58-year-old was most recently Deputy Secretary of State and formerly Deputy National Security Advisor in the Obama administration. Blinken and Biden have known each other for nearly 20 years: Blinken already worked for Biden when he was senator and head of the foreign committee.

  US President-elect Joe Biden wants to present his “first” candidates for ministerial office in his cabinet on Tuesday. This announced Biden-designated Chief of Staff Ronald Klain in an interview with ABC television station.

• 6:09

  The most important of the weekend

  • In Pennsylvania, the Donald Trump camp appeals to Judge Matthew Brann’s decision that he refused to stop certifying the Pennsylvania election results. Furthermore, Trump calls for a recount of the votes in Georgia.
  • Russian head of state Vladimir Putin indirectly offered his cooperation to US President-designate Joe Biden for the first time.
  • Trump’s legal team distances itself from conservative attorney Sidney Powell. This is after several turbulent days in which Powell made false statements about the voting process, spread conspiracy theories, and vowed to blow up the election result in Georgia with a lawsuit of “biblical proportions”.

  Read more about the US presidential election here.

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