January 18, 2021
WASHINGTON: Another Pakistani-American has been inducted in the US President-elect Joe Biden’s administration, The Washington Post reported.
Salman Ahmed will be joining Biden’s foreign policy team as director of policy planning at the State Department.
Ahmed previously served as head of strategic planning in Barrack Obama’s National Security Council.
He also served as the chief of staff of the US Mission to the United Nations and a senior policy advisor to the US Permanent Representative to the UN.
He is the second Pakistan-American to be a part of the Biden administration after Ali Zaidi was appointed climate advisor last month.
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Pakistani-American Salman Ahmed joins Joe Biden s foreign policy team
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Sun, Jan 17, 2021
United States President-elect Joe Biden has named another Pakistani-American in his administration, The Washington Post reported.
Pakistani-American Salman Ahmed has been inducted in Biden s foreign policy team as a director of policy planning that the US State Department.
He has served as the head of strategic planning in Barrack Obama s National Security Council. Prior to that, he served as the chief of staff of the US Mission to the United Nations and a senior policy advisor to the US Permanent Representative to the UN.
Ahmed is the Pakistan-American to be a part of the Biden administration after Ali Zaidi was appointed climate advisor last month.