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Biden’s Cabinet: Expertise, diversity and an Obama class reunion [Los Angeles Times :: BC-BIDEN-CABINET:LA] WASHINGTON — Over the course of the presidential campaign, voters got to see two Joe Bidens: the one who promised to restore stability and competence to government, and another who promised an FDR-style transformation to address social and economic inequities that long predated Donald Trump and the pandemic. As President-elect Biden has assembled his Cabinet choices in the last month, he has offered up much more restoration than transformation. Of the first 18 Cabinet-level appoint...

Biden’s Cabinet: Expertise, diversity and an Obama class reunion [Los Angeles Times] Over the course of the presidential campaign, voters got to see two Joe Bidens: the one who promised to restore stability and competence to government, and another who promised an FDR-style transformation to address social and economic inequities that long predated Donald Trump and the pandemic. As President-elect Biden has assembled his Cabinet choices in the last month, he has offered up much more restoration than transformation. Of the first 18 Cabinet-level appointments he has made, two-thirds are alumn...

Biden's Cabinet: Expertise, diversity and an Obama class reunion Janet Hook © (Associated Press) Biden's Cabinet nominees include Debra Haaland, Pete Buttigieg, Marcia L. Fudge, Janet Yellen and Xavier Becerra, from left. (Associated Press) Over the course of the presidential campaign, voters got to see two Joe Bidens: the one who promised to restore stability and competence to government, and another who promised an FDR-style transformation to address social and economic inequities that long predated Donald Trump and the pandemic. As President-elect Biden has assembled his...

Advertisement Biden’s campaign initially focused on his pledge to bring back a more stable and decent style of governance. But, especially after the pandemic hit, he increasingly acknowledged the long-building inequities in income and opportunities that Trump’s policies had only exacerbated. Candidate Biden began proposing more transformative ideas. His Cabinet lineup, however, is light so far on strong progressives who were encouraged by that late-campaign echo of New Deal-style ambitions. That may reflect, in part, a calculation about what it will take to win confirmations in a Senate ...