President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Obama administration veterans for top national security positions, signalling a stark shift from the Trump administration's "America First" policies. "America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is," Kerry said. He said the President-elect had "taught me what it takes to safeguard our national security at the highest levels of our government". "Now, he has asked me to serve as his national security adviser," Sullivan said. Blinken, 58, served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration and has close ties with Biden.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 23, 2020 20:54 UTC