Days after officially becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden has announced that he is starting to put together a White House transition team
The question was raised during a virtual fundraiser Thursday evening when Biden was asked by a donor how he would be able to replenish a number of departments that the donor said had been left"without talent" under the Trump administration, per a pool report of the event. Biden answered that the process to refill those positions is starting."I promise you that has already begun," Biden said."Sounds presumptuous.
He revealed that there are discussions about elevating certain White House offices to Cabinet-level positions, like the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the global health security pandemic office and a separate climate change focus, according to the pool report. Read MoreIn Biden's shift from a candidate running for his party's nomination to its expected nominee, he has been able to turn his full attention to the general election.
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