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Joe Biden kan fördela roller redan i veckan – rådgivare kan bli ny utrikesminister

Redan i slutet av den här veckan väntas USA:s tillträdande president Joe Biden tillkännage flera namn som kommer att ingå i presidentens administration i Vita huset redan från och med första dagen, enligt källor till NBC.

Tv-kanalen listar flera namn som kan tänkas spela en viktig roll, och nämner både personer som jobbat nära Biden i flera decennier och andra, nyare bekantskaper.

Det handlar till exempel om Ron Klain som jobbade med Biden under tiden som vicepresident, där han bland annat var samordnare i Obama-administrationens arbete mot ebola. Den erfarenheten lyfts fram om han skulle bli Vita husets stabschef, i och med den pågående coronapandemin.

Demokraternas kommunikationschef Kate Bedingfield väntas få en liknande roll även i Vita huset, och Bidens rådgivare i utrikesfrågor, Tony Blinken, nämns som en potentiell kandidat till den viktiga posten som utrikesminister.

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Tony Blinken
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Antony John Blinken (born April 16, 1962) is an American government official who served as United States Deputy Secretary of State from 2015 to 2017 and Deputy National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2015 under President Barack Obama. He previously served as a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Democratic Staff Director of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (2002–2008), and a member of the Obama–Biden presidential transition, active from November 2008 to January 2009, among other positions. From 2009 to 2013 Blinken served as Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President. From 2002 to 2008 he served as the Democratic Staff Director for the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. From 2001 to 2002 Blinken was a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. During the Clinton Administration, Blinken served in the State Department and in senior positions on the National Security Council Staff.On November 7, 2014, President Obama announced that he would nominate Blinken for the Deputy Secretary post, replacing the retiring William Joseph Burns. On December 16, 2014 Blinken was confirmed as Deputy Secretary of State by the Senate by a vote of 55 to 38. He is now a Global Affairs Analyst for CNN.
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Ron Klain
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Ronald A. Klain (born August 8, 1961) is an American political consultant, civil servant, and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as chief of staff to two U.S. vice presidents: Al Gore (1995–1999) and Joe Biden (2009–2011). After there were reported Ebola virus cases in the United States, he was appointed by Barack Obama to serve as the White House Ebola Response Coordinator in late-2014 into early-2015.In 2020, Klain joined the Presidential campaign of Joe Biden as a senior advisor.
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