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Biden's Cabinet Picks Include Some Firsts

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   U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has begun naming picks for his new
   Cabinet, as well as other top-level administration officials. Biden has
   pledged to choose a Cabinet that reflects the diversity of the American
   population. His selections will be scrutinized by the progressive wing
   of the Democratic Party and must win confirmation in a narrowly
   controlled Senate, whose majority party will be determined by two
   Georgia Senate runoffs in January. Here are Biden's selections so far.

   Janet Yellen

   Secretary of the Treasury

   Yellen, 74, is a familiar face in financial circles, having been the
   chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018, as well as the top
   economic adviser to President Bill Clinton in the late 1990s. If
   confirmed, she would be the first woman to head the Treasury
   Department. She previously was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of
   San Francisco from 2004 to 2010 and was Fed vice chair from 2010 to
   2014 alongside then-Chairman Ben Bernanke. As head of the Fed, Yellen
   kept interest rates near zero until late 2015, when she lifted them
   very slowly to encourage employment gains.

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