Iran Press/ America: With four days to go before the Biden-Harris administration takes office, and no hearings have yet been held to consider the eligibility of their options to form a cabinet in the US Senate, various names are still being nominated to fill key ministry and government posts.
Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday nominated U.S. foreign policy veteran Wendy Sherman, a key negotiator of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, to be the number 2 official at the State Department.
Biden also nominated one of his long-time foreign policy advisers, Brian McKeon, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources. He nominated Bonnie Jenkins to be Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs.
Biden also nominated Victoria Nuland, a retired career foreign service officer who was the top U.S. diplomat for Europe, NATO ambassador and State Department spokeswoman, to be Under Secretary for Political Affairs, effectively the third-ranking U.S. diplomat.
And he nominated Uzra Zeya to be Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold a confirmation hearing on Tuesday for Antony Blinken, Biden’s nominee to be Secretary of State. 219
