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Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft Said to Stealth Push Candidates in Senior Government Roles in US The Biden transition team has already stacked its agency review teams with more tech executives than tech critics. By Reuters | Updated: 21 December 2020 17:30 IST Facebook, unlike the other companies, has already made significant inroads into the Biden transition team Highlights Amazon told they aren't trying to get anyone placed in new administration Google spokesman said, "as a company, we make no recommendations..." Silicon Valley is working behind the scen...

Big Tech's stealth push to influence Joe Biden administration By Reuters By Nandita Bose Washington - Silicon Valley is working behind the scenes to secure senior roles for tech allies in lesser-known but still vital parts of president-elect Joe Biden's administration, even as the pushback against Big Tech from progressive groups and regulators grows. The Biden transition team has already stacked its agency review teams with more tech executives than tech critics. It has also added to its staff several officials from Big Tech companies, which emerged as top donors to the campaign. Now, execut...

Biden should not seek US dominance By Shannon Ebrahim Share The euphoria of a Biden win has been quickly tempered by growing concerns over his cabinet picks that suggest a foreign policy where the US will seek to dominate more than co-operate. President-elect Joe Biden recently said: “The US should sit at the head of the table.” If that is the trajectory that the Biden-Harris team seeks, it will be a grave mistake. The politics of arrogance has characterised decades of US foreign policy making and it has made the US many enemies. No country should assume that they are superior to all ot...

Michelle flurnoy served as undersecretary of defense under president obama. she is also the co-founder and managing partner of west exec advisers. ann thompson is our chief environmental correspondent here at nbc news. and congressman carlos cabello represents the southernmost district of florida. i'll have conversations with former new york city mayor michael bloomberg and we're going to begin with a look at a crisis that's been ignored for too long. >> economic impact could be devastating. >> i don't believe it. >> you don't believe it? >> no, no, i don't believe it. >> but in a new nbc ...

Christie dropped out of the running today, telling cnn, i've told the president now is not the right time for me. meanwhile, the president's first and second chiefs of staff posing for a photo, while waiting to find out who will become number three. now, jake, chris christie is the latest person to say he doesn't want to be considered for the chief of staff job any longer. that's in addition to the vice president, mike pence's chief of staff, several cabinet members and even the president of the yankees. now it's an open question inside this west wing who is going to be the chief of staff next...