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Biden fills out his national security team with nearly two dozen appointments Laura Kelly © Getty Images Biden fills out his national security team with nearly two dozen appointments President-elect Joe Biden on Friday announced nearly two dozen appointments to his incoming National Security Council (NSC), filling out his staff with less than two weeks to go before his inauguration. The appointees are largely veterans of the Obama administration, with many having served previously in the White House, in the Obama NSC and alongside other top nominees for senior posts in the ...

US President-elect Joe Biden Names Two Indian-Americans in National Security Council FOLLOW US ON: US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named Indian-American Sumona Guha as senior director for South Asia and Tarun Chhabra as senior director for Technology and National Security, as he announced several key appointments to the National Security Council of the White House. Guha was co-chair of the South Asia foreign policy working group on the Biden-Harris campaign, and serves on the transition's State Department Agency Review Team. Currently senior vice president at Albright Stonebridge Group...

Yellen sets out to build Treasury team with Obama alumni Saleha Mohsin and Liz Capo McCormick, Bloomberg News Janet Yellen, former chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during the American Economic Association and Allied Social Science Association Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank can be patient as it assesses risks to a U.S. economy and will adjust policy quickly if needed, but made clear he would not resign if President Donald Trump asked him to step a...

Yellen Sets Out to Build Treasury Team With Obama Alumni Bloomberg 12/18/2020 Saleha Mohsin and Liz Capo McCormick (Bloomberg) -- Janet Yellen is focusing on several Obama-administration alumni for key posts in the U.S. Treasury, according to people familiar with the matter, as critical decisions loom on everything from debt funding to international economic ties. © Bloomberg Powell, Bernanke & Yellen Speak At ASSA 2019 Annual Meeting Janet Yellen Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg Seth Carpenter and Michael Barr are being considered for undersecretary for domestic...

Blog Blog Blog Blog 11 Dec, 2020 Author Jacob Holzman President-elect Joe Biden could try to unilaterally impose carbon taxes on imported goods or pressure countries into climate action with the threat of carbon penalties for dirtier imports by taking advantage of a decades-old trade law made popular under President Donald Trump, according to certain legal observers and members of Biden's transition team. While campaigning to earn the Democratic presidential nomination, Biden endorsed carbon adjustment fees or quotas from countries that fail to meet...