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brooklynite

(93,873 posts)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 01:50 PM Nov 2020

Biden taps John Kerry as presidential envoy for climate

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Source: CBS Marketwatch

President-elect Joe Biden has tapped former Secretary of State John Kerry as a special presidential envoy for climate, the Biden-Harris transition said Monday. Kerry will sit on the National Security Council, marking the first time the NSC will include an official dedicated to the issue, the transition said. Kerry's was one of several names released by Biden's team on Monday, along with secretary of state nominee Antony Blinken and nominee for United Nations ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.




Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/biden-taps-john-kerry-as-presidential-envoy-for-climate-2020-11-23
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Biden taps John Kerry as presidential envoy for climate (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2020 OP
Al Gore would have been great. nt Autumn Nov 2020 #1
I agree, and I'm surprised he wasn't asked FakeNoose Nov 2020 #4
Why do you assume that someone who's been out of politics for 20 years wants to some back? brooklynite Nov 2020 #5
Maybe Kerry asked Biden to create this job for him JI7 Nov 2020 #6
Kerry was always by far more likely and he has the contacts from working on the Paris Accord karynnj Nov 2020 #8
Excellent underpants Nov 2020 #2
Excellent underpants Nov 2020 #3
I know this appointment is very popular on DU today, enough Nov 2020 #7
Who would you suggest is "deeper in the struggle" than Kerry? karynnj Nov 2020 #9
You can't say he isn't recyclable BeyondGeography Nov 2020 #10
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Nov 2020 #11

Autumn

(44,762 posts)
1. Al Gore would have been great. nt
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 01:55 PM
Nov 2020

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
4. I agree, and I'm surprised he wasn't asked
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:08 PM
Nov 2020

brooklynite

(93,873 posts)
5. Why do you assume that someone who's been out of politics for 20 years wants to some back?
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:09 PM
Nov 2020

JI7

(89,182 posts)
6. Maybe Kerry asked Biden to create this job for him
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:12 PM
Nov 2020

karynnj

(59,475 posts)
8. Kerry was always by far more likely and he has the contacts from working on the Paris Accord
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:23 PM
Nov 2020

and the earlier deals he was the essential to getting.

Gore will forever deserve credit for moving American opinion by incredible efforts at education. Kerry both had a closer friendship with Biden and his work as SOS that was essential to getting the Paris Accord - which was a big deal.

underpants

(182,279 posts)
2. Excellent
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 01:59 PM
Nov 2020

underpants

(182,279 posts)
3. Excellent
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:04 PM
Nov 2020

enough

(13,237 posts)
7. I know this appointment is very popular on DU today,
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:15 PM
Nov 2020

but I think this appointment is a missed opportunity. Why not find someone who’s currently deep in the struggle, someone with some charisma who can get people to pay attention when they talk, and to see things a new way, to open up their minds. This is going way too far in trying to restore a lost status quo that wasn’t working anyway.

For full disclosure I’m the same age as Kerry, this is not about age.

karynnj

(59,475 posts)
9. Who would you suggest is "deeper in the struggle" than Kerry?
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:25 PM
Nov 2020

BeyondGeography

(39,284 posts)
10. You can't say he isn't recyclable
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:34 PM
Nov 2020

Omaha Steve

(99,073 posts)
11. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 02:55 PM
Nov 2020

Dupe. It is in the first paragraph here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142634395

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