Tag: US President-elect Joe Biden

Biden set to formally introduce his national security team

WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden is set to formally introduce his national security team to the nation, building out a team of Obama administration alumni that signals his shift away from the Trump administration’s “America First” policies and a return to U.S. engagement on the global stage. […]

Birthday time: Biden turns 78, will be oldest U.S. president

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden turned 78 on Friday. In two months, he’ll take the reins of a politically fractured nation facing the worst public health crisis in a century, high unemployment and a reckoning on racial injustice. As he wrestles with those issues, Biden will be attempting to accomplish another feat: […]

Biden and Harris receive briefing from national security experts

By Lalit K Jha Washington, Nov 18: US President-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris have received a briefing from the national security experts about the diplomatic, defence and intelligence challenges facing the country. The US government agency that launches the transition process – the General Services Administration […]

In absence of coordination with Trump, there is risk of many more dying: Joe Biden

Washington, Nov 17: US President-elect Joe Biden has said many more Americans are at the risk of dying from coronavirus, if he and incumbent President Donald Trump do not coordinate on tackling the virus outbreak. According to media projections, Democrat Biden has won the November 3 presidential election. However, […]

Trump not conceding is an embarrassment, says Biden

Washington, Nov 11:  US President Donald Trump not conceding defeat in the just-concluded election is an embarrassment, President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday, asserting that his transition plans have remained unaffected by this and he has started talking to world leaders. “I just think it’s an embarrassment quite frankly…. […]

Biden to launch COVID-19 task force, Trump plans rallies to protest election

WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON, Del. – President-elect Joe Biden will convene a coronavirus task force on Monday to examine the No. 1 problem confronting him when he takes office in January, while President Donald Trump pursues several long-shot gambits to hold on to his job. Biden is due to meet with […]

President-elect Joe Biden pledges to unite America; calls it ‘a time to heal in America’

By Lalit K Jha (Eds: Updating with more details) Washington, Nov 8: US President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to unite the country as he called it ‘a time to heal in America’, after his historic victory over Donald Trump in a bitter and closely-fought presidential election – billed […]

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