Harris gets a crash course on foreign policy

[DonViejo]

The vice president is trying to build up her relationships with foreign leaders and profile on the world's stage.

By EUGENE DANIELS and NATASHA BERTRAND

02/26/2021 04:30 AM EST

After insisting for the last few months that she didn’t need a clear-cut portfolio in the Biden administration, Vice President Kamala Harris is now trying to carve out a niche in foreign policy, with the president’s encouragement. But after a political career focused on domestic issues, particularly law enforcement, it’s going to take some time to get her up to speed.

Compared to the current occupant of the Oval Office, Harris comes to the vice president’s job as a neophyte on foreign policy. Biden developed relationships with foreign leaders over decades in Washington, including as a longtime member and later chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as vice president under President Obama, which took him to more than 50 countries over eight years.

Harris spent the bulk of her career as a prosecutor, rising to become California’s attorney general. While she served on the Intelligence Committee during her four years in the U.S. Senate, foreign affairs was not a major policy focus either during her time in Washington or her presidential campaign.

Biden wants Harris to catch up and has urged her to engage with foreign leaders directly and develop her own rapport with key U.S. partners. Another, more strategic reason for the encouragement: as the heir apparent to the Democratic Party—especially if Biden, who is 78 years old, doesn’t run for re-election—Harris needs to bulk up her foreign policy expertise, and fast.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. He is grooming her to take over his job.

Good!

[bearsfootball516]

2. With his age, he may planning on retiring instead of running for a second term.

Having Kamala fully prepared to be the 2024 front runner would be a wise decision.

[riversedge]

3. Articles like this play into Repug -Matt Gaetz tucker carlson hands and other RW

media who
are making Biden out to be a frail old demented man

............ Another, more strategic reason for the encouragement: as the heir apparent to the Democratic Party—especially if Biden, who is 78 years old, doesn’t run for re-election—Harris needs to bulk up her foreign policy expertise, and fast.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Biden ignores the sociopaths' smear campaign and does the right thing.

Yes I thought from the beginning that Biden may only go for one term.
And let Harris take over the job.

But we shall see how it all unfolds.