US President-elect Joe Biden shed light on the features of his domestic and foreign policies in an interview with CNN, and while he introduced the Americans to members of his upcoming administration, he revealed that he is receiving intelligence reports and responded to a question about the prosecution of Trump.
Biden announced that the United States is back on the international stage and "will play its part in building alliances."
The US president-elect said he will make decisions about immigration and climate change "within the first 100 days of taking office."
And began in the United States Tuesday the process of transferring power to the president-elect, although the outgoing president has not yet admitted defeat.
Biden said, "Work is underway to receive a daily intelligence briefing and a meeting of the anti-Corona working group at the White House."
He stressed that "doctors and those on the front lines should be the first to receive the Corona virus vaccine."
And the US Department of Defense (the Pentagon) announced that it began communicating with Biden’s team today and held talks with him, and said that the president-elect had received briefings on US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The ministry confirmed that it is committed to what the law stipulates regarding the transfer of power, and said that it will provide briefings to the Biden team on the activities of the Pentagon, after it received a notification from the General Services Department about the start of the procedures for the transfer of power.
Commenting on his victory in states Trump insists that their results are fraudulent, Biden said that Trump's lawsuits will fail in succession, and the states will continue to ratify the election results, and he added that he will be sworn in as president on January 20.
He stressed that "the elections are over. It is time to reject partisanship and demonization rhetoric. We have to cooperate."
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The candidates gave speeches in which they spoke about the challenges facing the United States, and pledged to fulfill their duties to the fullest if the Senate approved their appointment. Some also spoke about their upbringing and their parents and grandparents from immigrants who came from Cuba and Russia.
The candidates are Anthony Blinken as Secretary of State, Alejandro Mayorcas as Minister of Homeland Security, Avril Hines as Director of National Intelligence, Linda Thomas Greenfield as Ambassador to the United Nations, Jake Sullivan as National Security Adviser and John Kerry as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Affairs.
Biden said he hoped the Senate would immediately begin holding hearings to certify his team.
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her part, Kamala Harris, Vice President-elect at the conference, said that this team is ready to restore the leading role of the United States in the world, and added that since Biden's election they have learned that they have inherited great challenges.
She emphasized that the president-elect "has assembled a great team that can deal with various challenges."
Regarding the relationship with the outgoing president, Biden said, "I have not received any contact from President Donald Trump."
When asked whether he would fulfill requests to open an investigation against the outgoing president, he said, "I will not do what Trump has done using the Justice Department."
In a related context, Biden explained that his upcoming term in office "is not Obama's third term, as we are facing a completely different world."