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President-elect Joe Biden has named over 100 White House appointees, the Biden-Harris Presidential Transition team has said.
“With today’s announcement, President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris surpass their goal to name over 100 members of our White House team.
“This diverse and talented group not only looks like America but will deliver results for working families on day one,” the team tweeted shortly after Biden nominated Kathleen Hicks to be deputy secretary of defense on Wednesday.
Hicks, who is heading Biden’s transition team at the Pentagon, served in the Defense Department under former president Barack Obama, including as deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy, plans, and forces.
The claim: Five statistics about Obama, Trump and Biden appear to discredit election results
On Dec. 14, President-elect Joe Biden secured his victory after he received 306 votes from the Electoral College, per USA TODAY.
Recently, though, social media users have shared a meme with statistics that they claim discredits his victory. The meme compares information about former President Barack Obama in 2008 and President Donald Trump and Biden in 2020.
First, it lists total number of votes they received Obama at 69,000,000, Trump at 74,000,000 and Biden at 81,000,000.
Second, the meme includes the number of counties each candidate won Obama at 873, Trump at 2,497 and Biden at 477.
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US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have named 110 first White House nominees.
They include two Americans of Nigerian origin: Osaremen Okolo, COVID-19 Policy Advisor, and Danielle Okai, Senior Associate Director
The list includes individuals from the White House Presidential Personnel Office, Office of Legislative Affairs, Office of the Vice President, Office of the Staff Secretary, and Oval Office Operations.
Biden and Harris had confirmed they would announce 100 members of the incoming White House staff by the end of 2020.
The figure surpasses 50+ appointments made by the Obama-Biden Transition in 2008-2009.
Breakdown shows 61 percent are women; 54 percent are people of color.
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