Dat Tran, one of the Department of Veterans Affairs‘ top experts in strategic planning and information technology, has been named acting head of the department as Denis McDonough, President Joe Biden’s nominee for VA secretary, waits for confirmation from the U.S. Senate. Tran currently serves as principal deputy assistant secretary for the VA Office of …
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President Joe Biden said the U.S. will engage partners and allies to meet tomorrow’s challenges in his first speech as commander in chief. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, where a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters broke into the …
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Just after Joe Biden became president at noon on Wednesday, the Pentagon announced the four people who will serve as acting secretaries of the Defense Department, Army, Navy and Air Force until the new administration names official nominees and completes the Senate confirmation process. David Norquist, previously the deputy defense secretary, is now the acting …
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WASHINGTON (AP) – China imposed sanctions on nearly 30 former Trump administration officials moments after they left office on Wednesday. In a statement released just minutes after President Joe Biden was inaugurated, Beijing slapped travel bans and business restrictions on Trump’s secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, national security adviser Robert O’Brien and U.N. ambassador, Kelly …
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The Trump administration did not reveal the “designated survivor” for Wednesday’s inauguration ceremony, and it remains unclear whether the White House named one. During major events, such as the State of the Union address or inauguration, the nation’s top leaders in the presidential line of succession are gathered in one place, putting them — and …
