President-elect Joe Biden s nominee to lead the intelligence community, Avril Haines, promised Tuesday to “speak truth to power" and keep politics out of intelligence agencies to ensure their work is trusted.
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US President-elect’s Joe Biden’s nominees for secretary of state and secretary of defence are appearing on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as the Senate begins the process of confirming his cabinet selections.
On the eve of Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, longtime aide Antony Blinken will appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and retired US Army General Lloyd Austin will be in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Three other cabinet nominees are appearing in other confirmation hearings on Tuesday and one more will be heard by the end of the week.
As secretary of state, Blinken, 58, is stepping into a vital diplomatic role after four years in which President Donald Trump’s administration downplayed diplomacy and traditional US alliances.
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