Biden picks Indian-American Neera Tanden as new domestic policy adviser
Tanden will be the first Asian-American to lead any of the three major White House policy councils in history.
Tanden will be the first Asian-American to lead any of the three major White House policy councils in history.
Ms Gupta, 46, was nominated to serve as Associate Attorney General. “I regret the harsh rhetoric that I have used at times in the last several years. I can pledge to you today that if I am confirmed, you won’t be hearing that kind of rhetoric from me,” she told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday.
Her nomination has been at risk ever since Joe Manchin, a moderate Democratic Senator from West Virginia, had opposed her candidacy last month, saying that her “overtly partisan statements will have a toxic and detrimental impact on the important working relationship between members of Congress and the next director of the Office of Management and Budget.”
Tanden was one of them. But she moved to the Obama White House, and once Obama was done, promoted Clinton for the White House again in 2016. She was vicious in her denunciation of Republicans by tweet and on TV
