Biden nominates veteran diplomats for top State posts
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Sherman arrives for a meeting on Syria in Geneva
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday nominated U.S. foreign policy veteran Wendy Sherman, a key negotiator of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, to be the No. 2 official at the State Department.
Biden also nominated Victoria Nuland, a retired career foreign service officer who was the top U.S. diplomat for Europe, NATO ambassador and State Department spokeswoman, to be Under Secretary for Political Affairs, effectively the third-ranking U.S. diplomat.
Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday nominated U.S. foreign policy veteran Wendy Sherman, a key negotiator of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, to be the No. 2 official at the State Department.
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CHICAGO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - A big burst of federal aid for
U.S. states and local governments in Democratic President-elect
Joe Biden s massive fiscal stimulus plan helped higher-yielding
debt from lower-rated issuers in the U.S. municipal bond market
on Friday.
While Municipal Market Data s (MMD) benchmark triple-A yield
scale was unchanged in the wake of the Thursday evening
unveiling of Biden s $1.9 trillion proposal, the
prospect for $350 billion in new federal funding enhanced the
attractiveness of debt from financially troubled issuers,
according to Greg Saulnier, MMD managing analyst. (A stimulus plan from Biden has) pretty much been priced