US 2020 Elections: Joe Biden's Cabinet and Advisory Teams - Dr Fauci and Gen Lloyd Austin
US President-Elect Joe Biden has continued to nominate members on his team, as he gets closer to the ed of the year. On Monday , December 7, 2020, he announced the nomination of Defence, Health Care, and COVID-19 advisory team candidates. The new nominations continue, if nominees are confirmed, to break racial and gender barriers as promised by Joe Biden during the campaign.
In the new nominations, one of the key candidates is Dr. Anthony Fauci, a familiar figure who will remain Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and is adding to his title Chief Medical Adviser on COVID-19. Another nominee who will be at the top of the dicussions is Gen. Lloyd Austin, a retired general, to Head the Defense Department. If confirmed, Gen Lloyd Austin will be the first Black to be Secretary of Defense.