Joe Biden Defends His Cabinet Choices: 'This Is Not A Third Obama Term'

In an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt on Tuesday evening, President-elect Joe Biden addressed critiques that his administration is relying upon too many figures who previously served under former President Barack Obama.

“This is not a third Obama term because we face a totally different world than we faced in the Obama-Biden administration,” Biden said when Holt asked if his upcoming tenure as commander-in-chief would largely be an extension of the 44th president’s. .

Biden’s incoming administration includes Obama-era politicians like former Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken and Alejandro Mayorkas, who previously served as the deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

“The purpose of our administration is once again uniting,” Biden said.

Biden said nothing was off the table but that keeping progressive allies in the House and Senate was foremost in his mind. .