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4 US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris gestures toward President-elect Joe Biden after he introduced key members of his White House science team at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, US. Reuters
Washington, January 17
US President-elect Joe Biden has nominated at least 20 Indian-Americans, including 13 women, to key positions in his incoming administration, a record for the small ethnic community that constitutes one per cent of America s population.
As many as 17 of them, including Neera Tanden who has been nominated as the Director of Management and Budget, would be part of the Biden administration in the powerful White House complex.
The January 20th inauguration, the 59th in all, where Biden, 78, would be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States is already historic in the making as for the first time ever a woman, Kamala Harris, would be sworn as the Vice-President of the country.
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Meet 20 Indian-Americans In Joe Biden s Cabinet; 17 At Key WH Positions
It is also for the first time ever that so many Indian-Americans have been roped into a presidential administration ever before the inauguration AP/PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-17T11:10:19+05:30 Meet 20 Indian-Americans In Joe Biden s Cabinet; 17 At Key WH Positions outlookindia.com 2021-01-17T11:12:18+05:30
US President-elect Joe Biden has either nominated or named at least 20 Indian Americans, ahead of the historic inauguration. Of those named, 13 are women who are likely to hold key positions in Biden s administration, setting a new record in itself. While, 17 of them would be part of the powerful White House complex.
Biden names Indian-American Uzra Zeya as Under Secy at State Dept
Sun, Jan 17 2021 01:56:31 PM
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS): US President-elect Joe Biden has named Uzra Zeya, an Indian-American diplomat who quit her State Department job in protest against the outgoing administration s alleged racial and sexist bias, as his Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights.
Confirming the development on Saturday night, Zeya tweeted: In my 25+years as a diplomat, I learned that America s greatest strength is the power of our example, diversity & democratic ideals. I will uphold and defend these values, if confirmed, as Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights.
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