Joe Biden intends to pick his trusted foreign policy advisor Antony Blinken as the US Secretary of State and Jake Sullivan as National Security Advisor, media reports said on Monday, as the President-elect is poised to make his first round of Cabinet announcements on Tuesday.
Blinken, 58, has served as the Deputy Secretary of State in the second term of the Obama administration and National Security Advisor to Biden when he was the vice president.
A strong India-hand, Blinken was the top foreign policy advisor to the Biden campaign.
“President-elect Joe Biden intends to nominate Antony Blinken to serve as secretary of State, turning to a trusted diplomat and foreign-policy adviser to oversee his work to rebuild US relationships around the globe, according to people familiar with the decision,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
“President-elect Joe Biden is planning to announce that he has selected Antony Blinken, one of his closest and longest-serving foreign policy advisers, as secretary of state,” The Washington Post said.
“Jake Sullivan, another top Biden advisers, is expected to be named as national security adviser, according to two people familiar with the announcement,” the daily said.
Last week, Biden said he had decided on his name for the Treasury Secretary.