“Diplomacy is back,” and America will be “a country of welcome.”
These were just two of the policy shifts that members of President-elect Joe Biden’s national security team pledged to enact Tuesday at an event introducing Biden’s choices for top Cabinet posts.
Biden said his nominees will “restore America globally, its global leadership and its moral leadership, and will ensure that our service members, diplomats and intelligence professionals can do their jobs free of politics.”
Joining Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on stage in Wilmington, Delaware, were Antony Blinken, Biden’s pick for secretary of State; Alejandro Mayorkas, his choice to lead the Department of Homeland Security; Avril Haines, his nominee for director of national intelligence; Jake Sullivan, the incoming national security advisor; Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who was tapped to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, and former Secretary of State John Kerry, who will take on a newly created role as special envoy for climate change.
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Taken together, their remarks previewed an approach to foreign policy that seems diametrically opposed to the one that President Donald Trump has pursued for the past four years.
There was no talk of “America first” and no hint of crackdowns on immigration or refugees. There were no corporate CEOs or career military officers named to high posts and no suggestions that U.S. foreign policy needs to serve economic interests through trade deals and bilateral purchasing agreements.
Instead, the nominees spoke of the importance of reestablishing America’s moral leadership, championing human rights and strengthening multilateral relationships with allies and democracies around the world.
Reference: CNBC
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