US President-elect Joe Biden introduced several Cabinet nominees and other top administration picks on Friday at an event in Wilmington, Delaware, CNN reports.
"Some are familiar faces. Some are new in their roles. All are facing new circumstances and challenges. That's a good thing," Biden said at the event. "They bring deep experience and bold new thinking. Above all, they know how government should and can work for all Americans."
Biden this week announced Denis McDonough, President Barack Obama's former chief of staff, as his pick for secretary of Veterans Affairs; Tom Vilsack, a former agriculture secretary, as his nominee for agriculture secretary; and Marcia Fudge, an Ohio congresswoman, as his pick for secretary of housing and urban development.
The President-elect also named Susan Rice, former national security adviser during the Obama administration, as his director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, and Katherine Tai, who oversaw trade enforcement for China during the Obama administration, as his nominee for United States Trade Representative.
The President-elect's picks were officially announced on Thursday by his transition team. McDonough, Vilsack, Fudge and Tai will all require Senate confirmation to serve in their roles. Rice will not.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris praised Biden's picks as "dedicated and compassionate public servants" at the event in Wilmington, describing some as "very dear friends."
