Biden nominates Blinken for secretary of state, Kerry as climate change envoy

US President-elect Joe Biden is filling out his administration with key picks for his national security and foreign policy teams.

Biden officially nominates Antony Blinken as secretary of state in his administration.

John Kerry will lead the incoming administration’s effort to combat climate change. Alejandro Mayorkas will be nominated as the secretary for the Department of Homeland Security.

Blinken worked as Biden’s national security adviser in the Obama administration. He also served as deputy NSA to the president and deputy secretary of state during the Obama administration.

In a recent interview with The Times of Israel, Blinken, who is Jewish and the stepson of a Holocaust survivor, highlighted the incoming administration’s commitment to Israel’s security, and said it could review a massive arms deal to the UAE as part of preserving Israel’s Quantitative Military Edge.

— with AP