Biden names Indian-American Neera Tanden as his domestic policy adviser

Biden names Indian-American Neera Tanden as his domestic policy adviser

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: May 09 2023

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Indian-American public policy expert Neera Tanden has been named by US President Joe Biden as his Domestic Policy Advisor to help him craft and implement his domestic policy agenda, making her the first Asian-American to lead any of the three major White House policy councils in history.
Tanden, 52, replaces Susan Rice as Biden's Domestic Policy Advisor.
She has 25 years of experience in public policy, has served three Presidents, and led one of the largest think tanks in the country for nearly a decade.
Tanden, a Democrat, currently serves as Senior Advisor to President Biden and Staff Secretary.
She served in both the Obama and Clinton administrations, as well as presidential campaigns and think tanks.
Tanden previously served as senior advisor for health reform at the Department of Health and Human Services, working on President Obama's health reform team in the White House.
Prior to that, she was the director of domestic policy for the Obama-Biden presidential campaign and served as policy director for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.

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