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December 10, 2020, at 01:23PM
Biden taps Susan Rice to lead Domestic Policy Council, also announces pick for VA secretary.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden taps former Obama adviser and envoy Susan Rice to steer White House Domestic Policy Council. She worked closely with then-Vice President Biden in those roles and was on his list to become his campaigner during the 2020 campaign.
Biden is additionally nominating Denis McDonough, who was Obama’s White House chief of staff, as secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a sprawling agency that has presented organizational challenges for both parties over the years. But he never served within the soldiers, a fact noted by a number one veteran's organization.
In selecting Rice and McDonough, Biden is constant to stockpile his administration with prominent members of the Obama administration. He will make the formal announcements Friday, alongside his nominations of Ohio Rep.
Marcia Fudge to run the Department of Housing and concrete Development, Katherine Tai as U.S. trade representative, and Tom Vilsack as agriculture secretary. Vilsack filled that very same role during Obama’s two terms.
"The roles they're going to combat are where the rubber meets the road — where competent and crisis-tested governance can make a meaningful difference in people’s lives, enhancing the dignity, equity, security, and prosperity of the day-to-day lives of USA citizens," Biden said during a statement.
In choosing Rice to oversee the White House counsel, advisers said Biden is signaling the importance of domestic policy in his early agenda. Though the council was created with the intention of being on par with the White House National Security Council, it traditionally has had a lower public profile, including for its directors.
Rice is predicted to be more of a force, both inside and out of doors the White House, and her appointment creates a replacement power center within the West Wing. She’s discussed replicating some elements of the National Security Council in her new role, including a principals committee of Cabinet secretaries et al. that would bring more structure to domestic policymaking, but also pull more power into the West Wing.
12/10/20 7:53 AM
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