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AP Analysis: Biden prioritizes experience with Cabinet picks
The Associated Press ^ | November 25, 2020 | By JONATHAN LEMIRE (D-AP)

Posted on 11/25/2020 3:41:19 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

NEW YORK - Competence is making a comeback.

President-elect Joe Biden has prized staying power over star power when making his first wave of Cabinet picks and choices for White House staff, with a premium placed on government experience and proficiency as he looks to rebuild a depleted and demoralized federal bureaucracy.

With an eye in part toward making selections who may have to seek approval from a Republican-controlled Senate, Biden has prioritized choosing qualified professionals while eschewing flashy names. Even the most recognizable pick - John Kerry - lacks the showmanship that has defined the Trump era.

In sharp contrast to President Donald Trump, who openly distrusted the very government he led, Biden has showcased a faith in bureaucracy that was born out of his nearly five decades in Washington. He’s made hires with the deliberate aim of projecting a sense of dutiful and, even boring, competency.

Surrounding himself with longtime aides and veterans of the Obama administration, many of whom have already worked together for years, Biden has rolled out a team of careerists with bursting resumes and little need of a learning curve.

“Collectively, this team has secured some of the most defining national security and diplomatic achievements in recent memory — made possible through decades of experience working with our partners,” Biden said Tuesday as he unveiled his national security team.

“Experience” is indeed the coin of the realm on Biden’s burgeoning team.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; election2020; journalism; media
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1 posted on 11/25/2020 3:41:19 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Swamp.


2 posted on 11/25/2020 3:42:10 AM PST by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up!)
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To: cowboyusa

AP = Bootlickers.


3 posted on 11/25/2020 3:48:07 AM PST by laconic
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Competence != Joe Biden


4 posted on 11/25/2020 3:48:25 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yeah. When I think incontinence, I think Biden and mashed potato face traitor Kerry.


5 posted on 11/25/2020 3:53:05 AM PST by angmo (#joeknew)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

????? Experience doesn’t equate with competence and it’s demonstrable with the second string crew that joe elect is throwing out in front of us,,; ah uh um,,,,, him


6 posted on 11/25/2020 3:57:27 AM PST by Recompennation
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And ignore the never Trumpers who backed the Beast then found themselves on the outside looking in. Wonder why?


7 posted on 11/25/2020 3:58:10 AM PST by 3RIVRS
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To: cowboyusa

They say distrust of the government he was leading like it’s a bad thing. His lack of faith may have been disturbing to them, but he wasn’t wrong.


8 posted on 11/25/2020 4:00:28 AM PST by 3RIVRS
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To: Recompennation

In the programming world, the symbols != means Not Equal.


9 posted on 11/25/2020 4:01:08 AM PST by Flavious_Maximus
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

10 posted on 11/25/2020 4:02:22 AM PST by Diogenesis ("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced" )
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To: cowboyusa

A##hole-ciated depressed, prioritizing criminals in a criminal administration


11 posted on 11/25/2020 4:03:02 AM PST by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; MinuteGal

Biden didn’t pick anyone.

He has difficulty picking matching socks.

It’s all for naught, anyway.

He will never be President.

He lost.


12 posted on 11/25/2020 4:04:38 AM PST by Peter W. Kessler ("NUTS!!!")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gotta keep all the criminals on the reservation.


13 posted on 11/25/2020 4:08:51 AM PST by Right_in_Virginia ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“diplomatic achievements in recent memory — made possible through decades of experience working with our partners”

Not a single question or policy was asked during campaign by the MSM about foreign policy. It was like the entire world was put on busy signal.


14 posted on 11/25/2020 4:31:06 AM PST by wardamneagle
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So Anthony Blinken, his pick for what ... SOC? .... features prominently in about 20K emails just released from the ‘laptop from Hell;’. Lots of questions for Blinken to answer ... can’t get confirmed, per some sources. National Security risk. as are Judas Joe & a lot of the 2nd & 3rd rate folks he’s picking.

The “real” players are waiting for the “real” transition ... Kamala. No joke.

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“Judas”: traitor especially : one who betrays under the guise of friendship

Judas = Joe who sold us out to the CCP and he also sold out a young female member of his own family.


15 posted on 11/25/2020 4:37:14 AM PST by Qiviut (Govt acting like it's Ebola w/ a 90% fatality rate, not COVID w/ a 99+% survival rate for most.)
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To: laconic

The MSM is plainly a deep state tool.


16 posted on 11/25/2020 4:52:59 AM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Experienced at screwing things up which leftys are good at.


17 posted on 11/25/2020 5:38:29 AM PST by cp124 (Time for a new America.)
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To: cowboyusa

When I saw Hillary requesting she be the pick for Defense Secy on the NewsMax feed, I cringed!


18 posted on 11/25/2020 5:53:21 AM PST by hsmomx3
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To: Qiviut

They will all be categorized as Czars so they do not have to be confirmed by the senate.


19 posted on 11/25/2020 6:52:17 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Want to know what Cloward-Piven is? Ask me.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

he looks to rebuild a depleted and demoralized federal bureaucracy.

Cause what we need is an enlarged and strengthened
federal bureaucracy...

Lord, help us, preserve our nation from further
democrat “victories”.


20 posted on 11/25/2020 6:55:46 AM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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