China News Service, December 8 According to a report on the 7th by the US political news website Politico, three sources said that US President-elect Biden intends to nominate retired general Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense.
This decision will be announced on the 8th local time at the earliest.
Data map: US President-elect Biden.
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Prior to this, Biden had announced on the 7th that he planned to nominate California Attorney General Becerra as the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Epidemiology expert Fauci will serve as the White House's chief medical adviser in response to the new crown epidemic.
Biden has previously announced the proposed list of other key positions in the economic team.
Among them, Janet Yellen, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, was nominated as Secretary of the Treasury, and Cecilia Ross, dean of Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, proposed to be the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
Economic and climate expert Brian Dess proposed to be the director of the White House's National Economic Council.