The U.S. Senate confirmed Lincoln as Secretary of State.

January 27th – According to the news from NBC, AFP, Reuters and other foreign media, at noon local time on January 26, the U.S. Senate confirmed Biden’s nominee Anthony Blinkin as the United States Secretary of State by a vote of 78 votes to 22.

At 58 years old, Blinkin has been working in foreign affairs since Clinton’s presidency.

He was the deputy secretary of state in the Obama administration and a long-term adviser to Biden.