Biden, who formally introduced his public health team on Tuesday, also announced he would nominate retired Army General Lloyd Austin as the country's first Black defence secretary. Getting children back to school will be a national priority in the first 100 days, Biden said. Effective vaccines would help the Biden administration turn its focus to healing the ailing US economy. Outgoing President Donald Trump's first defence secretary, former Marine General Jim Mattis, also needed a waiver. Biden has asked Vilsack, who was agriculture secretary during the Obama administration, to return to the position, Axios reported.

Source: bd News24 December 09, 2020 01:41 UTC