Biden Taps Historic Nominees As He Begins To Fill His Cabinet

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🗓️ 23 November 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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President-elect Joe Biden has begun to make his selections for key roles in his cabinet. He announced his picks for secretary of state and the ambassador to the United Nations. And he chose the first Latino to head the Department of Homeland Security, and the first woman for to be the director of national intelligence.

This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez, and state department correspondent Michele Keleman.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Laurie and Chicago missing my brother Tyler and Dallas and waiting for my daily phone call from him on his way to work
0:07.3	This podcast was recorded at 2.19 p.m. On Monday, November 23rd things may have changed by the time you hear this
0:14.4	But I will still be eagerly awaiting the next phone call from my best buddy. Here's the show
0:22.4	All best buddies I hope my brothers listening to this because I have to call every day
0:26.7	Hey
0:29.3	Hey there. It's the MPR politics podcast Susan Davis. I cover Congress. I'm Frank O'Rodonia as I cover the White House
0:36.4	President Trump continues to refuse to concede the election but President elect Joe Biden is moving right along the
0:43.4	transition today announced six picks and some history making ones to serve in the upcoming Biden administration
0:50.2	They include the first Latino for Homeland Security Secretary the first woman to lead the intelligence community and a new position on the National Security Council to address
1:00.8	Climate change it also includes Biden's nominees for two top diplomatic jobs Tony Blinken for Secretary of State and Linda Thomas Greenfield to serve as
1:09.7	Ambassador to the UN and of course we can never talk about the State Department without calling on our friend and
1:16.1	MPR correspondent Michelle Kellman. Hey Michelle. Hi guys. Hey Michelle. So let's start with Blinken
1:22.9	Who who is he and what qualifications does he bring to this job?
1:26.4	He was deputy secretary of state during the Obama administration under John Kerry and
1:32.6	But most of all his qualifications are that he's close to Joe Biden
1:36.6	He was a Senate staffer when Biden was chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and
1:42.2	And so that relationship goes a long way back and in diplomacy that really matters, you know
1:48.3	To have a Secretary of State who really speaks for the president and what about Linda Thomas Greenfield?
1:54.2	She's a 35 year veteran of the Foreign Service so she really really knows the business
2:00.4	Her most recent job was with the Obama administration. She was the assistant secretary of state for Africa
2:06.8	But she really has a broad experience at the department. She was also director general at some
2:11.6	A point and she's an interesting background. She's black grew up in this segregated South
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