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Joe Biden's inner circle: meet the new president's close-knit team.At the core of the administration Joe Biden is building is a trusted circle of officials, who are bound together by many years of working together in a close-knit team in the Obama administration, by a shared faith, or, in some cases, by a tie with Bidens late son, Beau.
Tony Blinken
The nominee for secretary of state...
Jake Sullivan
Sullivan, at 43 the youngest national security adviser in 60 years...
Lloyd Austin
Defense secretary has been described as the silent general ...
Avril Haines
Director of national intelligence...
Kamala Harris
VP (duh )
Ron Klain
Chief of Staff
John Kerry
Climate Envoy
Jill Biden
First Lady, 46th's wife of 43 years
(duh )
The link has nice bios and connections about each of them:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/23/joe-biden-president-inner-circle-team-officials
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)"...He described his relationship with his potential vice president in substantive terms, saying he has asked Harris to be the final sounding board before he makes decisions, much like the role he played for former President Obama.
I asked Kamala to be the last one in the room. To always tell me the truth, which she will. To challenge my assumptions if she disagrees. Ask the hard questions, he said. Thats the way we make the best decisions for the American people....
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-08-12/joe-biden-kamala-harris-wilmington
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)They are all eminently qualified, highly educated, trustworthy, respectable, and NORMAL Americans. How refreshing and original. I'm happy that Biden has chosen a group that know him well and have worked with him for many years.
It's so important that our President has surrounded himself with people he trusts. If he has made a mistake, they'll let him know before it gets too far. This group will work together and help Biden be the best POTUS he can be.
Kamala will be a great partner to Joe, just as he was an awesome partner to Obama.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,490 posts)in any staff position with the Biden Administration, in stark contrast with the last one.
Future resumes:
* At the forefront of battling the global pandemic (rather than sucking hind-tit),
* Assisting in rebuilding our diplomatic missions around the globe,
* Assisted implementing programs to help the less fortunate in our society, including food and housing security,
* Helped to provide fair access to healthcare for all Americans,
* etc.
That resume' list will be quite long.....