Transcripts For DW Heute Xpress 20240711

Trying to hold the powerful to account fear that will soon be silenced. Im going out as welcome to the program. 3 weeks after the u. S. Election, president elect joe biden has finally been given the green light to start the transition process. President stunnel trump tweeted tuesday that he was directing his administration to cooperate in the hand over its the closest hes come to conceding defeat. Meanwhile, biden has pushed ahead and begun announcing nominations for his own administration. President elect joe biden efficiently revealed his picks for the top positions of his cabinet, monday, signaling his readiness to take over the helm, bidens Foreign Policy and National Security choices. Mark a clear shift away from trumps america 1st doctrine. Instead, a lot of familiar faces from the Obama Administration so many that some are calling it the Obama Administration 2. 0. The choice is signaled bidens intention to return to a more traditional way of doing business and interacting with other countries. Bidens choices are veterans with many years of experience like his longtime adviser, antony blinken, named for the position of secretary of state. He will be tasked with steering the country back towards the paris climate agreement, the World Health Organization than they run nuclear deal. The best known of the nominees is former secretary of state john kerry, who is poised to become bidens climate change. And boy, former Federal Reserve chair janet yellen says to serve as treasury secretary, if confirmed she would be the 1st woman to take over. This pivotal role and would face the difficult task of shaping u. S. Economic policies at a time when the country is facing both a pandemic and recession. Biden also named avril haynes as the 1st woman to become director of national intelligence. A question is whether this was a wise action and alexandro majorca as the 1st latino to have the department of homeland security. Biden appears to be making good on his Campaign Promise that his cabinet will reflect americas diversity. Linda thomas greenfield was appointed to the helm of the u. S. Mission to the united nations. But many of bidens cabinet picks will require confirmation in the senate where republicans still hold a narrow majority. For now, at least with the transition process officially underway