PIO Neera Tanden is senior Biden advisor |
A well known Person of Indian Origin (PIO) Neera Tanden has been made a senior advisor to US President Joe Biden at the White House. She is the only Biden Cabinet choice who was rebuffed by US Congress. Cabinet nominees have to be confirmed by US legislators. Tanden was to lead the Office of Management and Budget. Her nomination was withdrawn in March. The White House said on May 14th that Tanden will now be a senior advisor to Biden. She will launch a review of the US Digital Service and begin planning for possible policy changes that could result from the forthcoming Supreme Court decision on GOP legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act. Tanden worked in former President Barack Obama administration.
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