Biden announces more picks for administration

Washington, Dec 11 : US President-elect Joe Biden has announced more members he has picked for his administration.
In a statement on Thursday, Biden said Tom Vilsack, former governor of Iowa who served as Secretary of Agriculture for all the eight years during former President Barack Obama’s administration, has been nominated to the job again.
Ohio Congresswoman Marcia Fudge has been tapped to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development, while former White House chief of staff Denis McDonough is picked to serve as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
Meanwhile, the President-elect said that he was choosing Katherine Tai, a veteran international trade expert, for the role of the US Trade Representative, while appointing former National Security Advisor Susan Rice to be Director of the Domestic Policy Council.
“This dedicated and distinguished group of public servants will bring the highest level of experience, compassion, and integrity to bear, solving problems and expanding possibilities for the American people in the face of steep challenges,” Biden was quoted as saying in the statement.
“The roles they will take on are where the rubber meets the road — where competent and crisis-tested governance can make a meaningful difference in people’s lives, enhancing the dignity, equity, security, and prosperity of the day-to-day lives of Americans,” he added.