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mysteryowl

(7,376 posts)
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 09:34 PM Nov 2020

Women set to take key roles in Biden administration

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Source: The Hill

Biden also has named women to serve as his White House counsel and deputy chief of staff.

Fifty-three percent of Biden-Harris senior transition staff are women and 52 percent of all transition staff are women, according to figures from the transition team. More than half of the 500 people serving on Biden’s government agency review team are women.

“As he did during the campaign to his transition, Joe Biden will be intentional in finding diverse voices to develop and implement his policy vision to tackle our nation’s toughest challenges,” a Biden-Harris transition official said in a statement to The Hill.

Several women have been floated for high-level national security positions. They include Avril Haines, a candidate for CIA director or director of national intelligence; Susan Rice, a contender for secretary of State; and Michele Flournoy, a favorite for secretary of Defense.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/526947-women-set-to-take-key-roles-in-biden-administration





Fantastic! Now, for congress and the senate to look the same.
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Women set to take key roles in Biden administration (Original Post) mysteryowl Nov 2020 OP
K&R Blue Owl Nov 2020 #1
TY Joe BIden & Kamala Harris! Cha Nov 2020 #2
Of course. birdographer Nov 2020 #3
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Nov 2020 #4

Blue Owl

(50,349 posts)
1. K&R
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 09:41 PM
Nov 2020

Cha

(297,149 posts)
2. TY Joe BIden & Kamala Harris!
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 09:50 PM
Nov 2020

birdographer

(1,323 posts)
3. Of course.
Sun Nov 22, 2020, 11:13 PM
Nov 2020

This is what we might anticipate from Biden. He is a not just a normal and intelligent person, unlike our current "president*," but he knows who is best for the job. A return to normalcy?

Omaha Steve

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4. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 11:10 AM
Nov 2020

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