U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will announce the first of
his Cabinet appointments on Tuesday as he lays the foundation for his new
administration that will succeed Donald Trump’s on 20 January.
Ron Klain, Biden’s choice as chief of staff said that
“you’re going to see the first Cabinet picks this Tuesday,”.
However, he declined to disclose the choices or the posts to
be filled.
Biden said on Thursday he had chosen a treasury secretary.
Candidates on Biden’s shortlist include former Fed Chair
Janet Yellen, current Fed Governor Lael Brainard, Sarah Bloom Raskin, a former
Fed governor, and Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta.
Biden allies also indicated he could announce his selection
for secretary of state as soon as this week.
Former national security adviser Susan Rice and veteran
diplomat Antony Blinken are seen as among the candidates.
Since Biden, a Democrat, was declared the winner of the Nov.
3 election two weeks ago, the Republican president has launched a barrage of
lawsuits and mounted a pressure campaign to prevent state officials from
certifying their vote totals.
Trump suffered another emphatic legal setback on Saturday in
Pennsylvania.
Klain has urged that the Trump administration – specifically
a federal agency called the General Services Administration (GSA) – formally
recognize Biden’s victory to unlock resources for the transition process.
“I hope that the
administrator of the GSA will do her job,” Klain added, referring to GSA chief
Emily Murphy.
Biden is due to take office on Jan. 20.
“A record number of Americans rejected the Trump presidency,
and since then Donald Trump’s been rejecting democracy,” Klain told ABC’s “This
Week” program.
Biden received six million more votes nationwide than Trump
and prevailed 306-232 in the state-by-state Electoral College system that
determines the election’s victor.
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