US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named former Deputy CIA Director David Cohen to reprise his position on the US intelligence company as he continued to fill out high roles for his administration.
Cohen beforehand served because the deputy director for the Central Intelligence Agency from 2015 to 2017 underneath former Democratic President Barack Obama, when Biden served as vp.
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He would serve underneath long-time US diplomat William Burns, Biden’s nominee for CIA director.
“Cohen is a national security, finance and legal expert,” Biden’s transition staff mentioned in a press release, noting his work main “special projects on new technologies and how best to work with companies to advance the CIA’s mission.”
The former lawyer additionally beforehand served as Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence on the US Department of the Treasury, the place he handled terrorism financing and oversaw sanctions in opposition to international locations resembling Iran, Russia and North Korea.
Biden’s transition staff additionally mentioned New York City’s emergency coordinator Deanne Criswell would lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which oversees the federal authorities’s response to wildfires, hurricanes and different disasters.
It named deputy degree officers for the Environmental Protection Agency and the Office of Management and Budget.
It additionally individually introduced a number of extra high leaders to assist with Biden’s COVID-19 response, together with former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler to guide the vaccine effort.
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