Biden Transition Announces National Security Team Selections | Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC

NBC's Geoff Bennett reports as the Biden transition team announces new selections to serve in national security positions. These include Alejandro Mayorkas, the first Latino nominee to run the Department of Homeland Security, and John Kerry, who will serve as a special envoy for climate. Aired on 11/23/2020.

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Biden Transition Announces National Security Team Selections | Andrea Mitchell | MSNBC

[faithhenderson]

Professionals, intelligence, and for the people.

[happygirl]

AMEN. WE THE PEOPLE NEED A LEADER TO HELP US.🙏🙏🙏🙏

[bwortham]

Happy to see the grown ups are back in the White House offices soon.

[ourwetdogs]

People that know what they are doing, for a change!!

[Akama]

Biden didn't hold against Cubans that they voted against him. Competence is key

[cmoon]

Amazing to have grown ups in charge instead of a man child rewarding people who are unqualified for such important positions. God bless Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and America.

[johnlaitar]

Looks like ourfavourite neighbor is stepping up. New Biden was the man.John from Canada

[seaoftranquility]

Wait, what!? Isn’t he gonna spend six months travelling around doing rallies to brag about his victory. What an amateur.

[traceylouisevanspall-oldha]

OH ! How the wannabe mighty orangeman hath fallen
How low did he go?.

[GBWatanabe]

Getting some experts into positions to fight coronavirus.

[giselestrauch]

why didn't biden ask gore to deal with climate issues? he is the expert in this field?

[PalpatineSenate]

great news ruined by that STUPID chris hayes clip at the end!

[Team]

Trump supporters: another immigrant taking an american job. 😂😂

[quidproquo]

All the ole cronies club gettin back at it ... gonna be a massive disappointment for a lot of people who thought Biden was something other than “not trump”

[attsealevel]

Used to see Kerry at Savenor's (a small neighborhood market) where he often shopped. He was a snob and his jokes were stupid (and the employees sometimes even made fun of him after he left). Really worried when he almost became president. Now I just hope he doesn't screw things up more than he helps - this was a Bad Choice for sure.

[marzz]

I can see how it's a good strategy to appoint someone from a group of people (Cubans) that were delusional enough to vote for Trump, but I still wouldn't give them a key post in anything. But that's just my pride talking.

[therebelsoulpathwtevalee]

This president has taken more action in the last weeks than the orange, golf-playing, TV-watching winny toddler has all year!

[suomynona]

No grifters, liars, incompetents and crooks, it's such a change from Don the Con.

[freda]

And the world begins to breathe a sigh of relief. Competence is returning to The White House!

[PetitePorchPerformances]

From The Guardian, November 23 - More than 100 Republican national security experts have signed on to a letter calling on Donald Trump to concede and begin the formal presidential transition. The letter, which was obtained by the Washington Post, warns that a delayed transition could pose national security risks to the country. “We believe that President Trump’s refusal to concede the election and allow for an orderly transition constitutes a serious threat to America’s democratic process and to our national security, ” the letter says.“We therefore call on Republican leaders – especially those in Congress – to publicly demand that President Trump cease his anti-democratic assault on the integrity of the presidential election.” The letter’s signers include former homeland security secretary Tom Ridge, former CIA director Michael Hayden and former director of national intelligence John D. Negroponte. “The election is over, the outcome certain, ” the letter concludes. “It is now time for the rest of the Republican leadership to put politics aside and insist that President Trump cease his dilatory and anti-democratic efforts to undermine the result of the election and begin a smooth and orderly transition of power to President-elect Biden. “By encouraging President Trump’s delaying tactics or remaining silent, Republican leaders put American democracy and national security at risk.”