Biden Picks Susan Rice For Top Domestic Policy Position

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Former U.S. National Security Advisor Susan Rice, seen here at a 2019 Women in the World Summit in New York City, is Biden’s pick to lead the White House Domestic Policy Council.

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Rice is one of many former Obama White House aides who are returning to work in the Biden administration.

Biden also confirmed his intention to nominate Denis McDonough, Obama’s former chief of staff and deputy national security adviser, to lead Veterans Affairs; and Tom Vilsack, Obama’s former secretary of agriculture, to return to that department.

Biden has selected Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, as his nominee for Housing and Urban Development and Katherine Tai as U.S. trade representative.

Biden called the new additions to his administration the «right team for this moment in history.»

«The roles they will take on are where the rubber meets the road — where competent and crisis-tested governance can make a meaningful difference in people’s lives, enhancing the dignity, equity, security, and prosperity of the day-to-day lives of Americans,» he said in a statement.