US presidency: Joe Biden's camp says Obama men taking White House jobs
- There is a crack in Joe Biden's camp over the sharing of cabinet slots ahead of the official announcement of the new presidency
- Top officials and staffers in the projected president-elect's team are reportedly "pissed off" with the feeling of neglect
- High-profile spots are said to be given to former president Barack Obama's allies while Biden's men are being shunned
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With less than two months to the official handing over of US leadership mantle to Joe Biden, a crisis has hit the camp of the former vice president.
According to Business Insider also citing Politico, some members of Biden's campaign "are pissed off" that they might be axed out of the plan in the new presidency.
The projected president-elect is said to be tapping officials and close allies of former president Barack Obama into the White House jobs.
So far, Biden has tapped Obama administration officials for high-profile spots in legislative affairs, the first lady's office, and other departments.
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Similarly in his cabinet, the president-elect has approved the selection of Antony Blinken as his secretary of state.
Blinken served as a deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration.
Biden, 78, has also announced former secretary of state, John Kerry, as his climate czar, upsetting those in his camp.
Although there are thousands of vacant spaces to be occupied, a senior Biden official was reported to have been angered by the reality of "Obama men" dominating the top places in the coming presidency. The official stated:
"People who were not part of winning the hard-fought primary were placed before people who were part of that.
"The Obama staffers are now cutting out the people who got Biden elected. None of these people found the courage to help the VP when he was running and now they are elevating their friends over the Biden people."
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Meanwhile, President Donald Trump of the United States of America has agreed that a transition process should take place.
The combative and Twitter loving president of the world's largest economy disclosed that he has given the green light for the General Services Administration (GSA) to do the needful in ascertaining that Biden won the election.
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