US President-elect Joe Biden has announced key figures for his cabinet, picking longtime policy advisor Antony Blinken to be his secretary of state and former US chief diplomat John Kerry as his special climate envoy.Mr Biden also nominated the Cuba-born lawyer Alejandro Mayorkas, to steer the Department of Homeland Security , which oversees immigration.
He picked Avril Haines, the previous deputy CIA director, as his director of national intelligence, the primary woman to ever hold that position.
Mr
Biden also said that long-time diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield will be
nominated to serve as his ambassador to the United Nations, with status
as a cabinet member.
Jake Sullivan, who was a security aide to Mr
Biden when he was vice president, was appointed White House national
security advisor.
All are veterans of the previous 2009-2017 Obama-Biden administration and deeply experienced in their fields.
(With input from news agency language)
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