US president-elect Joe Biden has announced senior members of his cabinet, foreign policy and national security teams, as he accelerates preparations to assume the presidency on January 20th. Antony Blinken, the former deputy secretary of state and deputy national security advisor, will become secretary of state. Jake Sullivan, a former Hillary Clinton aide who also served as Mr Biden’s national security adviser in the Obama administration, will be national security advisor. Former secretary of state John Kerry has been appointed as a special envoy on climate change, an indication of the priority Mr Biden will give to climate change during his presidency. This will be the first time a climate change envoy will sit on the National Security Council.

Source: The Irish Times November 23, 2020 16:58 UTC