Miguel Cardona, Xavier Becerra, and Joe Biden’s other cabinet picks so far
Dec. 22, 2020Politics MORE U.S. President-elect Joe Biden introduces key members of his administration in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 19, 2020. Photo by REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. For Education Secretary, Biden has reportedly chosen Miguel Cardona, a former fourth grade teacher, former principal, and current commissioner of Connecticut’s public schools. The formal announcement could come later this week. Cardona joins a growing list of diverse officials seeking to join the new administration. So why Cardona, and where is the new administration on other recent cabinet picks?
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California s first Latino senator: Alex Padilla picked to fill Kamala Harris Senate seat Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom selected Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday as the state s next U.S. senator, a historic pick that sends a Latino to the Senate for the first time in the state s history.
While Padilla had been the favorite, a video released by Newsom s office shows him getting emotional after Newsom offered him the job, reflecting on the hard work of his parents, who came to the United States from Mexico and worked as a cook and a housekeeper.
A year ago, amid a crowded Democratic presidential primary, no one would have mistaken Joe Biden as the field s biggest climate crusader. Youth activists gave his plan to combat climate change a failing grade. Some in his own party wondered whether a self-described moderate could embrace policies bold enough to move the nation past the fossil fuel era.
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President-elect Joe Biden speaks after the Electoral College formally elected him as president, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. But in recent days, the president-elect has demonstrated that he is prepared to deliver on his promise to pursue a more ambitious environmental agenda than any of his predecessors - one that aspires to rapidly shrink the nation s carbon emissions, give voice to the vulnerable communities hit hardest by pollution and create solid jobs in industries helping to create a greener future.