Two eminent India-Americans, including former US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, are among the potential Cabinet picks in the next Biden-Harris Administration, according to media reports. Among other potential names for energy secretary are Ernest Moniz, former secretary of energy; Dan Reicher, Stanford University scholar and Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, former deputy secretary of energy. Murthy was one of the public health experts who briefed Biden frequently about the pandemic during the campaign, the reports said. His nomination had been held up in the Senate for just over a year, largely because of his view that gun violence poses a public health threat. He was a vice admiral in the US Public Health Service’s commissioned corps and is trained in internal medicine.

Source: Mint November 18, 2020 04:18 UTC