(CNN) President-elect Joe Biden's administration is taking shape after his transition team on Monday unveiled a series of Cabinet nominations and top White House staffing moves. Here's what we've learned after the first burst of Biden nominations and hires. The same goes for his nominees to run massive bureaucracies like the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security. Jake Sullivan, tapped on Monday to be his national security adviser, is hardly a leftist. Since then, much of the senior West Wing staff has been announced and, with Monday's flurry, Biden's foreign policy and national security shops are filling up.

Source: The Nation November 24, 2020 02:37 UTC