Presidential Transition Highlights: Biden Introduces Buttigieg as Pick for Transportation Secretary
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‘One of the Smartest People’: Biden Nominates Buttigieg
On Wednesday, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. nominated Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., for secretary of the Transportation Department.
“For secretary of Transportation, I nominate Mayor Pete Buttigieg. I got to know Pete on the campaign trail. He’s one of the smartest people you’ll ever meet, and one of the most humble. A mayor from the heartland, a management expert, a policy wonk with a big heart. A veteran, lieutenant in the United States Navy Reserve, an intelligence officer deployed to Afghanistan whi
Bidenâs climate team begins to take shape.
Gina McCarthy, the former Environmental Protection Agency administrator under President Barack Obama, is expected to be President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.âs pick as a senior adviser on climate change.Credit.Sarah Blesener for The New York Times
Published Dec. 16, 2020Updated March 10, 2021
In the coming days, Mr. Biden intends to name prominent leaders in the climate and clean-energy world to two senior positions: Gina McCarthy, a former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will be his senior adviser on climate change, and Jennifer M. Granholm, a former governor of Michigan, will lead the Energy Department.
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Families at the border will present a familiar test for Bidenâs Homeland Security pick.
Immigration groups have called for Alejandro N. Mayorkas, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.âs pick for homeland security secretary, to roll back some Trump administration policies.Credit.Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
Dec. 15, 2020
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.âs choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security, will immediately face the challenge of rolling back President Trumpâs restrictive immigration policies, while balancing demands from the left for more lenient policies with those of the moderates who see any show of tolerance as an instigator to an uptick in illegal migration.
Bidenâs Climate Team Begins to Take Shape
The president-elect is expected to pick Gina McCarthy, a former E.P.A. chief, as White House climate coordinator. Jennifer Granholm, a former Michigan governor, is said to be his choice for the Energy Department.
Gina McCarthy led the Environmental Protection Agency from 2013 to 2017 and helped design Obama-era climate regulations.Credit.Sarah Blesener for The New York Times
Dec. 15, 2020
WASHINGTON â President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. is expected to announce a significant part of his energy and environment team this week.
In the coming days, Mr. Biden intends to name prominent leaders in the climate and clean-energy world to two senior positions: Gina McCarthy, a former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will be his senior adviser on climate change, and Jennifer M. Granholm, a former governor of Michigan, will lead the Department of Energy.