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Blinken being sworn in as Secretary of State at the U.S. State Department on January 26, 2021. Blinken was a foreign policy advisor for Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. [47] On November 22, 2020, Bloomberg News reported that Biden had selected Blinken as his nominee for secretary of state. [48]
Biden is the first president since Ronald Reagan in 1981 to have all of his original Cabinet secretary nominees confirmed to their posts. [8] This article documents the nomination and confirmation process for any successful or unsuccessful Cabinet nominees of the Biden administration.
Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of State by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States. As of August 2, 2024, according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 41 nominees have been confirmed, 15 nominees are being considered by the Senate, 5 positions do not have nominees, and 20 appointments have been made to positions ...
Biden was accompanied at the speech by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield and national security adviser Jake Sullivan, all ...
The State Department reportedly notified Congress last ... Senior Republican staffers who have reviewed the Biden administration’s plans in response to the ... [Secretary of State-designate ...
Cordell Hull is the only person to have served as secretary of state for more than eight years. Daniel Webster and James G. Blaine are the only secretaries of state to have ever served non-consecutive terms. Warren Christopher served very briefly as acting secretary of state non-consecutively with his later tenure as full-fledged secretary of ...
President Biden’s choice as special presidential envoy for climate, John Kerry is a former senator and served as secretary of state for the Obama administration.
The United States secretary of state (SecState) [5] is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The secretary of state serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all foreign affairs matters.