For that plum job, the nation's diplomat in chief, Biden landed on longtime aide Tony Blinken. But his administration has also been hard at work ensuring that, when he does inevitably trudge out of office, many of Trump’s policies will be difficult for Biden to roll back. And it's affecting relations among key states, not least of which the relations between the United States and China. He has the experience and the knowledge. Joe Biden has decided on his pick for secretary of State as the president-elect works to put together a team that can be confirmed by a possibly GOP-controlled Senate. Washington (CNN) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is meeting with Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be his successor, for the first time on Friday. In an essay he co-authored for Foreign Affairs, William Burns laid out the stark challenge facing whoever is chosen as Biden’s secretary of State. News Joe Biden to nominate Antony Blinken as secretary of state. I first met Tony in the early days of the Clinton administration. Few incoming secretaries of state have assumed the job with the long ties to their president that Antony Blinken has with President-elect Joe Biden. Since May — when the House passed a $3 trillion stimulus package, only to watch it languish in the Republican-controlled Senate — Democrats have argued that another big, ambitious piece of legislation is needed to respond to the pandemic. WASHINGTON – Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be secretary of state, will promise during his confirmation hearing Tuesday to rebuild the State … Accuracy and availability may vary. It seems like if you were looking for a moment where you could do things quite differently, this might be it. KELLY: If he is confirmed, Tony Blinken will walk back into a State Department that is a very different department than he left in January 2017. She has privately assured committee members she’ll be independent. And I think that's the big difference that we'll have here - is that both President Biden and Secretary Blinken have those relationships. What are the biggest challenges for him just in taking over that department? And to hear what he brings to the job, we have invited someone who knows him well who also served as deputy secretary of state in the Obama administration, Jim Steinberg. But that doesn’t mean he’ll let go of his vice grip on the Republican Party apparatus. He knows the value that they bring. Copyright © 2020 NPR. KELLY: What was your first thought on hearing that he was the pick? For that plum job, the nation's diplomat in chief, Biden landed on longtime aide Tony Blinken. Email us at onpolitics@nytimes.com. You know, his personal relationship with Vladimir Putin is at the heart of the U.S.-Russia relations. And I think there is a sense here that the goal is not to go back to where we were before. President-elect Joe Biden named veteran diplomat Antony Blinken as his nominee for secretary of state on Monday, as several news outlets had … NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with James Steinberg, former deputy secretary of state, about what to expect from Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of state. Adding to the pressure on Trump, more than 100 chief executives plan to urge the administration today to begin the transition process. Most reports mention that Biden's secretary of state will be Susan Rice, former US ambassador to the United Nations and national security advisor in the Barack Obama administration. We are getting a clearer picture of who will be running national security and foreign policy in a Biden administration. KELLY: I gather you two know each other very well. Joe Biden will name a longtime ally, Antony Blinken, as his secretary of state, according to people close to the process. We're in the middle of a crisis of unprecedented magnitude, the extraordinary health toll and the broader ramifications. Israel, like other countries, is anxious to find out who will be the next Secretary of State, and what record that person will have on Middle East policy. He's a great colleague and works well with others. President-elect Joe Biden's pick for secretary of state received criticism for his recent consulting work and early support for the Iraq War ahead of his Monday announcement for the post. Biden keeps his focus on the pandemic, with more executive orders planned at delivering aid. US President-elect Joe Biden's nominee for secretary of state, Tony Blinken, speaks at The Queen theater, November 24, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware. He has the temperament. A former deputy secretary of state during the Obama administration who has advised Biden on foreign policy since 2002, Blinken, who graduated from high school in Paris, where he lived from the ages of 9 to 18, and speaks fluent French, is no stranger to Washington or the international community. And to … STEINBERG: I think he clearly needs to restore a sense among the career people at the State Department that their expertise and experience is valued and that they will be part of his core team. STEINBERG: We go back a long way. But the president has no intention of giving up his control over the Republican Party’s resources. Kamala Harris’s rise is celebrated in India, especially in her ancestral village. And so the question is going to be, looking forward, how do we build a strategy that works with others, that improves our resilience against these kinds of crises and allows us to advance our interests, especially working with like-minded countries? What’s less clear is whether, when he’s out of office, he’ll be able to elect or defeat Republican candidates in party primaries with his influence — and that will directly affect whether he’s still able to instill fear in Republican lawmakers. And crises are opportunities that should not be wasted. But there is a growing sense that some action would be better than none, and that a smaller deal may be all that is possible. STEINBERG: Relationships are extremely important not just as a matter of having good feelings, but rather as a means to promote our national interest, it is really critical. If Trump fails to keep McDaniel in place, is there a serious chance that the Republican establishment may turn decisively against Trump and his brand of conservatism? Trump’s team has been busy these past few weeks sowing disinformation about the legitimate outcome of the election, in a desperate bid to keep him in power. President-elect Joe Biden is set to choose Antony Blinken as secretary of state. But times have changed. We've learned some lessons from COVID about some of the fragilities and vulnerabilities of the United States and others in the world that we live. After serving for decades at Joe Biden's side, Antony Blinken will step into the driver's seat on Tuesday as the president-elect's choice to be the next secretary of … Sullivan, 43, was a former adviser to Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state and succeeded Blinken as Biden’s national security adviser. When asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” whether the cabinet would include more progressives than Obama’s did, Jennifer Psaki, a senior Biden adviser, said that it would “look like America” in terms of ideology and background. Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every weekday. Members of the Cabinet of the United States in the Biden administration will assume office after President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated on January 20, 2021, and after confirmation by the United States Senate. He has encouraged top officials to rapidly withdraw troops from Afghanistan, secure oil drilling leases in Alaska, further weaken environmental protections, antagonize the Chinese government, carry out executions and undermine any move by Biden to re-establish the Iran nuclear deal. You will have tracked, as we all have, the reports of high level of departures and concerns about a hollowed-out diplomatic core. KELLY: It's so interesting because President Trump, of course, has put personal relationships right at the center of U.S. foreign policy. A photo from Jan 15, 2021, shows a rally at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. Where does Biden secretary of state nominee Antony Blinken stand on the issues? It depends on which officials. KELLY: You know, I remember when President Obama was leaving office, he was handing off to the Trump administration, and it was reported that he singled out North Korea as the area that would present the single biggest national security challenge, the most urgent challenge. The possible nomination of Senator Bernie Sanders, who is under consideration for labor secretary, has emerged as a point of contention. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) is one of two Republicans under consideration by the Joe Biden transition team for appointment as Secretary of State. Even some of Trump’s staunchest allies derided those claims. The F.B.I. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Or is he basically assured to play a role in defining its future anyway? Antony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to be secretary of state, testifies at his Senate confirmation hearing on Jan. 19. What do you think will present the most urgent foreign policy or national security challenge to this incoming administration? It would ensure that he has a loyal ally atop the national party, which is a break from tradition. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record. Politico reports that Romney is on a list of 10 names under consideration by Biden to head up the U.S. Department of State. Biden is expected to officially unveil his first round of cabinet appointments tomorrow, Ron Klain, the incoming White House chief of staff, said yesterday on ABC’s “This Week.” That puts Biden well ahead of the usual pace for presidents-elect, as he marches forward with the transition process despite President Trump’s refusal to cooperate. Romney was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in 2012, and his running mate, former Rep. Paul … He knows the career civil servants well. Trump’s two secretaries of state, Rex Tillerson and Mike Pompeo, offered weak resistance to the administration’s attempts to gut the agency, which were thwarted only by congressional intervention. It's about how to use those relationships to advance America's interests. Even if the Democratic candidates, the Rev. You go back decades. You're talking about a very different thing, but you're talking about the importance of personal relationships that Tony Blinken will carry with him into this role. Joe Biden will nominate two veteran diplomats to the top US roles on the world stage – Antony Blinken as secretary of state and Linda Thomas-Greenfield as … January 20, 2021, 3:35 AM Security Studies president Jim Hanson provides analysis on ‘Fox & Friends First.’ And most important of all, he has the confidence of the president of the United States. In states across the country, the postelection fallout seems to be turning on one big question: How willing are Republican officials to play along with Trump’s effort to discredit and overturn the results? Biden's secretary of state would inherit a deeply demoralized and depleted career workforce at the State Department. Sidney Powell, who until yesterday had been a high-profile member of President Trump’s legal team, apparently just found out. Why does Trump think it’s so crucial to keep McDaniel in charge of the R.N.C., and what might this enable him to do once he leaves office? But now, with Biden on his way to the Oval Office and the economy showing signs of a double-dip recession, his team is urging its allies in Congress to take whatever they can get so that the government can increase federal unemployment benefits; give more aid to small businesses; and increase funding for virus testing, contact tracing and vaccine distribution. In an appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Chris Christie said Trump’s legal team had become “a national embarrassment.”. Joe Biden has chosen Obama administration veteran Antony Blinken for the top foreign policy job in the US. He is a former deputy secretary of state under President Obama. Are we already seeing an effort to use this as a kind of purity test, whereby Republican elected officials and political operatives who don’t go along will be weeded out as Trump seeks to retain his grip on the party machinery? chair is harder to answer. And so he's going to know quickly how to encourage them to reengage and, importantly, how to get people to think about coming back into the department. Another close aide, Jake Sullivan, as Rahm Emanuel always used say. How to use those relationships to advance America 's interests under consideration labor... The heart of the Clinton administration will present the most urgent foreign job... 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