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Joseph Robinette Biden is an American politician who served as the 47th vice president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee for the 2020 United States presidential election, running against incumbent Donald Trump. Biden unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination in 1988 and 2008.
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Biden Picks Trans Woman As Assistant Health Secretary

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starobserver.com.au

The incoming US President-elect Joe Biden’s administration is by any measure a historic one when it comes to diversity.

Now, in another momentous decision, Biden on Tuesday nominated Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine as his pick for Assistant Health Secretary. Dr Levine – paediatrician and former Pennsylvania physician general – will become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the US Senate and the highest ranked transgender official in the country.

Dr. Levine’s work as a public health expert leading Pennsylvania’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have been what led to the cabinet pick.

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