President-elect Joe Biden announced the first of his Cabinet picks.

Joe Biden unveiled a slate of top cabinet picks on Nov 24, including the first Latino to helm the Department of Homeland Security.

Joe Biden unveiled a slate of top cabinet picks on Nov 24, including the first Latino to helm the Department of Homeland Security.President-elect Joe Biden announced his first cabinet appointments on Nov 24, 2020. Ahead of the announcement, Biden took to Twitter and said, ‘Today, I’m announcing the first members of my national security and foreign policy team. They will rally the world to take on our challenges like no other—challenges that no one nation can face alone. It’s time to restore American leadership. I trust this group to do just that’.

Biden also shared a video along with his tweet, through which he unveiled the names of his cabinet picks. Biden named Antony Blinken as Secretary of State and Linda Thomas-Greenfield as ambassador to the U.N. He picked Cuban-born Alejandro Mayorkas, a former deputy secretary of DHS, as a Secretary of Homeland Security. He further picked Avril Haines, a former top CIA official and deputy national security adviser for director of national intelligence. She will also make history if confirmed by the Senate. Former Secretary of State John Kerry has been tapped to serve as Biden's climate czar. Kerry was also Biden's pick to co-chair a "unity task force" on climate change with allies of Sen. Bernie Sanders after the Democratic presidential primary. Jake Sullivan will join the White House team as Biden's national security adviser.