US: Joe Biden announces several new Cabinet picks

By Beyza Binnur Donmez

ANKARA (AA) - US President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday announced several picks for the incoming administration.

Biden named Tom Vilsack as the secretary of Agriculture, Marcia Fudge as the secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Denis McDonough as secretary of Veterans Affairs, Katherine Tai as US Trade Representative and Susan Rice as the director of the Domestic Policy Council.

Vilsack, 69, previously led the same role for eight years under the former President Barack Obama-Biden administration.

Congresswoman Fudge was the first African American and first female mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio and she currently serves on the Committee on House Administration, House Committee on Agriculture, and House Committee on Education and Labor.

McDonough served as White House Chief of Staff for one term, 2013-2017, under the Obama administration. Before his role, he was principal deputy national security advisor.

Tai is a Chinese-American and the trade lawyer for the House of Representatives' chief taxation committee. If confirmed, Tai would be the second Asian-American to take a high post in the upcoming government.

Rice is another pick who served under the Obama-Biden administration. She was the national security advisor.