Joe Biden on Thursday announced his selection of Susan Rice to lead the White House Domestic Policy Council and Denis McDonough as Veterans Affairs secretary.
Rice, who served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Barack Obama, will lead the council charged with coordinating Biden’s domestic policy agenda.
After serving as ambassador from 2009 to 2013, Rice was tapped as national security adviser, a position she held until 2017.
She was considered as a possible vice presidential running mate this year for Biden and was floated as a possible secretary of state before Antony Blinken was ultimately nominated, The Washington Post reported.
McDonough’s nomination as secretary of veterans affairs will require Senate confirmation.
He also has deep ties to the to Obama-Biden Administration, serving as White House chief of staff, deputy national security adviser and chief of staff of the National Security Council.
Biden on Thursday also officially announced his choice of Tom Vilsack, a former Iowa governor, to return as agriculture secretary; Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge for housing and urban development secretary; and attorney Katherine Tai for U.S. trade representative.
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At least Rice is staying away from foreign policy – she’s pretty clueless in that arena! That is, unless we’re talking Blame America.
Benghazi – never forget!!!
WHO CARES if she’s ‘staying away’.. SHE SHOULD NEVER AGAIN, serve in any governmental capacity.. IN FACT she should be serving a LIFE TIME IN JAIL!
they all come back like a bad penny.
Joe Biden taps Veteran Liar Susan Rice
That’s right the Benghazi fiasco was all due to that damn filmmaker !! Thanks for clearing that all up for us Susan.
That Denis McDonough would be terrible for the VA last time he did more damage than anything else.
Just when you think that Biden can’t do any worse, he gives us the same old, same old retreads recycled through our government again, and again back on the government teat! They were awful when they worked for Barry Barack, and there’s no way that they’ll do any better under Biden. Way to go Joe!
It certainly makes it look more and more, like obama’s THIRD term.
These two picks are endemic of Biden environment. Rice is a liar and purveyor of murders of our people in Benghazi. His pick for DVA puts the VA back where it was before Trump was elected. These picks are a sign of what is to come under Biden/Harris! Pfui!!!!
And with the Scotus, kicking the can down the road (so to speak) the likelyhood of them two being our next potus/vp is MORE AND MORE looking like a certainty..