The candidates for Biden’s administration are meaningful. Look who is chosen.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Washington, January 21st(International observation) The candidates for Biden’s government team are meaningful.

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter Sun Ding Xu Jianmei Deng Xianlai

　　After US President Joe Biden officially took office on the 20th, he has introduced a number of administrative measures, including the return of the United States to the Paris Agreement on climate change. The Senate controlled by his Democratic Party is also actively promoting the confirmation process required for relevant cabinet members before taking office.

　　The United States, which Biden inherited, is deeply mired in multiple crises: there are more than 400,000 deaths in COVID-19, unprecedented political tears, weak economic employment and high debt risk. In this context, it is particularly important for the president to be in power. Some analysts pointed out that the main features of Biden’s cabinet nomination are the activation of "Washington Old Man" in order to ensure the rapid operation of the government, the diversification of personnel background in order to achieve political unity, and the reward for running for "hero".

　　Who is in love?

　　In addition to the vice president, the US cabinet also includes 15 heads of administrative departments, including the Secretary of State, the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Justice. In addition, the White House Chief of Staff, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, Director of National Intelligence, US Trade Representative and other important positions have cabinet level. Biden completed the nomination or direct appointment of all cabinet and cabinet-level officials before taking office, and the Senate is now beginning to review and vote on the nominees who need to be approved by him. On the 20th, the Senate approved Averil Haynes as the Director of National Intelligence, the first cabinet-level official in Biden’s administration confirmed by the Senate.

　　Biden’s important cabinet nominations include: former Deputy Secretary of State Anthony Blinken as Secretary of State, former Federal Reserve Chairman janet yellen as Treasury Secretary, retired four-star general lloyd austin as Defense Secretary, and Chief Justice merrick Garland as Attorney General. These four positions are traditionally called the "four big members" of the cabinet and have higher importance and exposure.

　　Among several cabinet-level positions concerned by the outside world, Biden appointed Ron Klein, who had served as his campaign adviser, as the White House chief of staff; Jack sullivan, the vice president’s national security adviser when he was the vice president of the Obama administration, was appointed as the president’s national security assistant; Nominated Qi Dai, chief trade adviser of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, as the US trade representative.

　　In addition, Biden also made some "addition and subtraction" for cabinet-level positions. For example, he established the post of presidential special envoy on climate issues and appointed former Secretary of State John Kerry as the post, and re-promoted the permanent representative of the United States to the United Nations to the cabinet level, but the director of the Central Intelligence Agency no longer held the cabinet level.

　　Quite purposeful

　　Some analysts pointed out that many of Biden’s cabinet members were senior officials during the administration of former President Obama, and some even served as the top or second-in-command of federal government agencies. The editorial of USA Today said that many of Biden’s cabinet members are "old rivers and lakes" in Washington. They have rich policy experience and are familiar with the operation of the federal government. The United States is now facing multiple problems, and federal government agencies need these "skilled hands" to take over to bring more stability.

　　At the same time, it is noteworthy that Biden’s cabinet candidates also paid attention to balancing gender, race and other factors, and did not forget to support the younger generation and reward the "heroes" in the election. If all the candidates are successfully approved by the Senate, a series of firsts will be created: the first aboriginal cabinet minister, the first female finance minister, the first African-American defense minister, the first Hispanic health and human services minister, the first immigrant-born homeland security minister, and the first Asian-American trade representative. It is worth mentioning that Kamala Harris has made history as the first female vice president of the United States.

　　Biden also nominated Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana and former Democratic presidential candidate, as the transportation secretary. American media believe that 39-year-old Buttigieg is one of the new political stars of the Democratic Party, and it is only a matter of time before he runs for the presidency again. Biden intends to help him "brush up his resume".

　　In addition, almost all the "heroes" of Biden’s campaign team were entrusted with important positions, which is also the usual practice for the new president to select and employ people.

　　Face obstacles

　　At present, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party each hold 50 seats in the Senate, and the Vice President, as the Speaker of the Senate, holds the decisive vote. This means that, not surprisingly, Biden’s cabinet nomination will be passed more smoothly in the Senate.

　　However, some analysts pointed out that the situation is slightly complicated. At present, the Senate should not only begin to hear the impeachment case against former President Trump after he leaves office, but also consider a new round of economic aid plan for the COVID-19 epidemic. These time-consuming and labor-intensive agendas may affect the progress of the Senate’s deliberation and approval of cabinet nominations.

　　The US "Political News" published an article saying that considering the partisan disputes caused by the impeachment case, it is not easy for Biden’s cabinet candidates to get approval quickly. Biden expressed concern about this and called on the Senate to "work in parallel", with half a day being devoted to hearing impeachment cases, and the other half being devoted to reviewing and approving cabinet members and promoting a new round of economic aid plan for the COVID-19 epidemic.

　　At present, Biden has appointed a series of acting officials to temporarily take charge of important federal government agencies until the Senate approves the official candidates, so as to try to ensure the normal operation of government departments during the transition period.