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Reema Dodin is a Palestinian-American political veteran and will become deputy director of the White House office of legislative affairs. Image: Twitter
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US President-elect Joe Biden has made appointments for his senior White House staff. AFP
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Secretary of State: Antony J Blinken. AFP
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Director of National Intelligence: Avril Haines. AFP
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Ambassador to the UN: Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Bloomberg
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Secretary of Homeland Security: Alejandro Mayorkas. Reuters
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Former Secretary of State John Kerry will be the special presidential envoy for climate for US President-elect Joe Biden. EPA
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President-elect Joe Biden selected Jake Sullivan as his National Security Advisor, pictured here with Hillary Clinton. EPA
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Senior Advisor: Mike Donilon. Seen here on the right, alongside his brother Tom Donilon. Getty Images
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Deputy Chief of Staff: Jen OMalley Dillon. Getty Images
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Counsellor: Steve Ricchetti. Seen here while serving as Deputy Chief of Staff for then President Bill Clinton. Reuters
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Senior Adviser to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement: Cedric Richmond. AFP
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Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs: Julie Chavez Rodriguez. Seen here while serving as an aide to Kamala Harris. AFP
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Biden has also appointed Annie Tomasini as Director of Oval Office Operations, Dana Remus will be Counsel to the President, Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon as Chief of Staff to Dr. Jill Biden, and Anthony Bernal will be Senior Advisor to Dr.Biden. Bloomberg
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Reema Dodin is a Palestinian-American political veteran and will become deputy director of the White House office of legislative affairs. Image: Twitter
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US President-elect Joe Biden has made appointments for his senior White House staff. AFP
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Secretary of State: Antony J Blinken. AFP
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Director of National Intelligence: Avril Haines. AFP
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Ambassador to the UN: Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Bloomberg
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Secretary of Homeland Security: Alejandro Mayorkas. Reuters
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Former Secretary of State John Kerry will be the special presidential envoy for climate for US President-elect Joe Biden. EPA
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President-elect Joe Biden selected Jake Sullivan as his National Security Advisor, pictured here with Hillary Clinton. EPA
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Senior Advisor: Mike Donilon. Seen here on the right, alongside his brother Tom Donilon. Getty Images
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Deputy Chief of Staff: Jen OMalley Dillon. Getty Images
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Counsellor: Steve Ricchetti. Seen here while serving as Deputy Chief of Staff for then President Bill Clinton. Reuters
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Senior Adviser to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement: Cedric Richmond. AFP
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Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs: Julie Chavez Rodriguez. Seen here while serving as an aide to Kamala Harris. AFP
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Biden has also appointed Annie Tomasini as Director of Oval Office Operations, Dana Remus will be Counsel to the President, Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon as Chief of Staff to Dr. Jill Biden, and Anthony Bernal will be Senior Advisor to Dr.Biden. Bloomberg
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Reema Dodin is a Palestinian-American political veteran and will become deputy director of the White House office of legislative affairs. Image: Twitter
Joe Biden picks Obama-era State Department team
President-elect Joe Biden is filling out his State Department team with a group of former career diplomats and veterans of the Obama administration
Associated Press
16 January, 2021
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