Many of those selected served under the Obama administration, with some in the White House and some in the Obama NSC.
“The National Security Council plays a critical role in keeping our nation safe and secure. These crisis-tested, deeply experienced public servants will work tirelessly to protect the American people and restore America’s leadership in the world,” Biden said in a statement.
“They will ensure that the needs of working Americans are front and center in our national security policymaking, and our country will be better for it.”
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According to the White House, the NSC is “the president’s principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and cabinet officials.”
Following its creation under President Harry Truman, the council’s purpose has been to advise the president on national security, foreign policy, and to coordinate among the many government agencies.
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The freshly nominated members include Melanie Nakagawa as senior director for climate and energy. Nakagawa was deputy assistant secretary for energy transformation at the U.S. State Department and worked as a strategic adviser on climate change to then-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the policy preparation staff.
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Ariana Berengaut was chosen as senior adviser to the national security adviser. She previously worked in the Obama administration as speechwriter and counselor to then-Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken and as a founding director at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement.
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If passed, Jon Finer will be the principal deputy national security adviser. He served in the Obama White House and State Department, including as Middle East adviser and foreign policy speechwriter to Biden.
Caitlin Durkovich was chosen as senior director for resilience and response. Durkovich served as assistant secretary for infrastructure protection and as chief of staff for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (the former name for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) at the Department of Homeland Security throughout the Obama administration.
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Tarun Chhabra was nominated for the senior director of technology and national security role. During the Obama administration, he served on the National Security Council staff as director for strategic planning and director for human rights and national security issues. Chhabra also served as a speechwriter to the secretary of defense at the Pentagon.
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Many more who served under Obama's administration or in his era have been appointed as well: Elizabeth Cameron, Tanya Bradsher, Rebecca Brocato, Emily Horne, Peter Harrell, Ryan Harper, Sasha Baker, Yohannes Abraham