Biden picks Obama veterans for key State Department posts

President-elect Joe Biden announced Saturday that he will nominate two Obama administration veterans to key State Department posts.

Wendy Sherman, who led the U.S. negotiating team for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, is his pick for deputy secretary of state. Biden has promised to re-enter the deal, reversing President Trump's 2018 withdrawal.

Victoria Nuland, assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs in the Obama administration, is Biden's pick for undersecretary of state for political affairs.

Nuland and Sherman are the two highest-profile former Obama officials among the five officials announced Saturday. They will serve under the incoming secretary of state, Antony Blinken, who served as deputy secretary of state and principal deputy national security adviser in the Obama administration./ / / / / / /

PRESS INFO

Saturday, January 16, 2021 11:39 AM

The White House, Lower Press

A travel/photo lid was declared at 11:31 am., ahead of the noon call time for the pool.

….was still navigating the many street closures and wide security perimeter and cannot say whether a Marine is stationed outside the West Wing.

Enjoy your weekend and stay safe.

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>>12551144

Sometimes it sorta blows my mind to think it has been 30 years since Desert Shield, Desert Storm.

I will always remember (among my many Gulf War memories) riding on a bus, on Christmas Eve, eating a MRE, my M16 at my side, on the way to what was called MGM Grand at the time, (Khobar Towers). It was a crazy ride too, the Arab bus driver even went up on the sidewalk once… Memories…