Joe Biden, the president-elect, is expected to nominate Antony Blinken, his top foreign-policy adviser during the 2020 campaign, to serve as his secretary of state, Fox News reported.
The Wall Street Journal reported that Biden has close ties with Blinken that go back nearly 20 years, and he is expected to be named on Tuesday, along with other Cabinet announcements.
The paper described Blinken as a “centrist on foreign policy,” and he said in a recent interview that his first task in the role will be facing the coronavirus and recommitting to relationships with allies.
“There is an urgent leadership requirement internationally with regard to COVID-19. The first thing we have to do is deal with, domestically as well as internationally, is working to get out from under the COVID-19 rock,” he said.
Blinken, who is Jewish and was born in New York City, served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of State from 2015 to 2017 and Deputy National Security Advisor from 2013 to 2015 under President Barack Obama.
He previously served as a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (2001–2002), Democratic Staff Director of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (2002–2008), and a member of the Obama–Biden presidential transition, active from November 2008 to January 2009, among other positions.
Fun fact: Tony Blinken’s first trip to Israel was at age 13. He celebrated his bar mitzvah again at the Western Wall.
— Jacob Kornbluh (@jacobkornbluh) November 23, 2020
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Kissinger was also Jewish. He was not good for Eretz Yisroel. The democratic platform calls for a 2 state “solution”
& 2) fyi, tump also wanted a 2 state solution/”peace”. So nisht a’hin, nisht a’her.
TRUMP WAS BLUFFING ABT 2 STATE. HE KNEW THE PLO WOULDNT ACCEPT IT, AND THUS GIVING ISRAEL FULL CONTROL.
He would still be horrible at the job. He’s been wrong about every major foreign policy
Am i missing something? Since when was biden elected?
If , as the educated person l suspect you really are, you need to look at the broader picture with info from many sources including US new sources, BBC etc and form your own educated responses. Many of us may not like the way that this played out but the people have spoken. I t doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out the harm that Trumps actions are having to the health and well being of the country by not helping transition the government. I pray that you and yours are able to stay focused and accept reality. May… Read more »
ITS UNREAL THE FRUM YID BEING DELUSIONAL AND LIBERAL. TRUMP IS THE PRESIDENT AND FOR THE NEW ELECTION NO ONE HAS BEEN ANNOINTED . TRUMP WON IN A LADNSLIDE, ITS NOT EVEN CLOSE, BUT HOPEFULLY SOON THE SUPREME COURT WILL ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND DECLARE TRUMP THE PRESIDENT FOR ANOTHER 4 YRS
HEY GET REAL!!
It might be nice for that to be true, but this moment it isn’t, so maybe try to get used to the reality …
THESE ARE FAKE AND LIE COMPANIES AND THEY WERE INVOVLED OF STEALING THE ELECTIONS
Michigan finalized! Georgia already recounted! If you like it or Biden won. Say Tehillim he does well, not that Trump wins. It’s over. Stop pushing for Trump, push for good decisions!
Prepare and learn to adapt to really bad decisions…it’s going to be much harder for our local small businesses once their taxes and regulations go up
the whole dem party is a bad evil wicked decision. voter fraud, lies , stealing etc . people voted for a being that didnt even reveal what its running on? theres no way anyone voted for that
This is a difficult time and there’s difficult things to accept. As I respectfully said to “CHResident” and mean it with a heavy heart….I’m sure that this person’s an educated person who is reeling from results of this election and trying to come to grips with it . No, Mr Trump did not win and it wasn’t a landslide victory. Regardless of your feelings or emotions, now is the time to heal and work together for the health and well being of the community. I can only pray for the healing of the pain we have been through and the… Read more »