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Biden ropes in 20 Indian-Americans in administration, 17 at key WH positions
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Biden ropes in 20 Indian-Americans in administration, 17 at key WH positions
PTI / Updated: Jan 17, 2021, 12:21 IST
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US President-elect Joe Biden introduces key members of his White House science team at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware (Reuters)
WASHINGTON: Less than 100 hours ahead of his historic inauguration, US President-elect Joe Biden has either nominated or named at least 20 Indian Americans, including 13 women, to key positions in his administration, a new record in itself for this small ethnic community that constitutes one per cent of the country s population.
As many as 17 of them would be part of the powerful White House complex.
Biden ropes in 20 Indian-Americans in administration, 17 at key White House positions
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Last Updated: Jan 17, 2021, 02:54 PM IST
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It is also for the first time ever that so many Indian-Americans have been roped into a presidential administration ever before the inauguration. Biden is still quite far away from filling all the positions in his administration.
President-elect Joe Biden s nominee to serve as Director of the Office of Management and Budget Neera Tanden (AP)
WASHINGTON: Less than 100 hours ahead of his historic inauguration, US President-elect Joe Biden has either nominated or named at least 20 Indian Americans, including 13 women, to key positions in his administration, a new record in itself for this small ethnic community that constitutes one per cent of the country s population.