Biden will receive his first president’s daily intelligence brief today. Here are key things to know.
President-elect Joe Biden is ready to formally identify key members of his economic team on Monday, with the long-expected announcement of Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary, CNN has realized, together with two different girls in high roles on a various staff that can assist him navigate the nation’s punishing fiscal headwinds in hopes of constructing an financial restoration.
He’s anticipated to call Neera Tanden to guide the Workplace of Administration and Finances, two individuals accustomed to the appointment stated, elevating Tanden, the CEO and president of the left-leaning Middle for American Progress, into the highest ranks of his administration.
He is poised to call Cecilia Rouse, a Princeton economist, to guide the Council of Financial Advisers, which might put one other Black lady in a high-profile function of Biden’s high advisers. Rouse served on the council throughout the Obama administration.
Among the many barrier-breaking nominees Biden is asserting is Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, president of the Obama Basis in Chicago, for deputy Treasury Secretary, serving underneath Yellen. If confirmed, he could be the primary Black deputy Treasury Secretary. Yellen, if confirmed, could be the primary lady to function Treasury Secretary.
Adeyemo served on the Nationwide Financial Council of the Obama administration and final fall was named as the primary president of the Obama Basis.
The Wall Street Journal first reported on Biden’s anticipated financial picks.
The bulletins are anticipated to be made Monday in an announcement, officers stated, with the staff set to be formally launched by Biden throughout an occasion Tuesday at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware.
