NEW YORK: President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday nominated US foreign policy veteran Wendy Sherman, a key negotiator of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, to be the No. 2 official at the state department.
He also nominated Victoria Nuland, a retired career foreign service officer who was the top US diplomat for Europe, Nato ambassador and state department spokeswoman, to be under secretary for political affairs, effectively the thirdranking US diplomat.