SWEDEN, April 19 - On 20–23 April, Minister for Finance Mikael Damberg and Minister for International Development Cooperation Matilda Ernkrans will attend the
Joseph R. Biden s first budget,
Matthew Rose, Director of After years of neglect during the Trump and Obama years,
$800 million for global health programs does not permit the major surge in funding for global AIDS funding through the President s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Biden has the opportunity to be the president who saves countless lives by ending AIDS as a global public health threat, but time is running out. It will take a more significant commitment and bold leadership that brings sufficient funding, a qualified nominee to lead the response, and human rights and evidence-based policies developed in deep consultation with the most affected communities.
More Silicon Valley Insiders Added to Biden Transition Team
12 Dec 2020
After an election year in which the tech giants repeatedly interfered in the election against President Donald Trump, Joe Biden is now rewarding Silicon Valley by appointing insiders to a range of roles in his transition team.
Shortly after election night, the
Financial Times reported that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is being considered to lead a key tech task force inside the White House.
As
Politico recently reported, four more Google and Facebook employees have been added to Biden’s transition team.
They are : Zaid Zaid, a Facebook public policy official, Chris Upperman, a Facebook manager, Rachel Lieber, a Facebook director and associate general counsel, and Deon Scott, a Google program manager who also worked in the Obama administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS).