Thread by @jseldin

Happening now: President-elect @JoeBiden introduces key members of his national security team

"It's a team that reflects the fact that America is back..."

"They also reflect the idea that we cannot meet these challenges with old thinking and unchanged habits" per @JoeBiden noting 1st woman to lead @ODNIgov

Avril Haines as leader of @ODNIgov - "I picked a professional" per @JoeBiden "She's eminently qualified...and a fierce advocate of telling the truth"

"People will be able to take her word because she always calls it as she sees it"

On nomination of @JohnKerry as special envy on #climatechange, @JoeBiden says it will make sure "climate change is on the agenda in the Situation Room"

"Together these public servants will restore America" on the global stage, per @JoeBiden

"They will tell me what I need to know, not what I want to know"

"We have to proceed with equal measures of humility and confidence" says @ABlinken, nominated by @joebiden to lead @StateDept

"I will work day and night in the service of our nation...and to bring honor to my parents & the trust you have placed in me" per @AliMayorkas, nominated to lead @DHSgov

"You have selected us not to serve you but to serve on behalf of the American people" says Avril Haines, nominated to lead @ODNIgov

"I have never shied away from speaking truth to power...that will be my charge as director of national intelligence"

To members of the intelligence community, Biden @ODNIgov nominee Haines says they will critical

"It would be an honor of a lifetime to work alongside you once again"

"On this day I'm thinking about the American ppl" per @LindaT_G, nominated to be US ambassador to @UN "America is back... Diplomacy is back"

"I will work relentlessly...to keep our country & our ppl safe" says @jakejsullivan, @JoeBiden's choice for Nat'l Security Adviser

"We will be vigilant in the face of enduring threats...but you have also tasked us w/reimagining our nat'l security" given a multitude of threats

"You're right to rejoin #Paris on Day 1" per @JohnKerry, nominated to be Special Envoy on Climate Change, noting @JoeBiden also correct that the #ParisAccord will not be enough

"No one should doubt the determination" of Biden, @KamalaHarris, he adds

"I have always believed in the nobility of public service & these Americans embody it" says @KamalaHarris of the new NatSec Team

"We will need to reassemble and renew America's alliances" says @KamalaHarris of the NatSec team

"I can can say w/confidence that they are, to a person the right women and men" to serve in these positions, that they "will speak the truth no matter what"

.@JoeBiden, @KamalaHarris and the nominees leave the stage without taking questions from reporters

"You have also tasked us with reimagining our nat'l security for the unprecedented combination of crises we face" per @jakejsullivan "The pandemic, the economic crisis, the climate crisis, technological disruption, threats to democracy, racial injustice & inequality"

"You have also tasked us w/putting people at the center of our foreign policy" per @jakejsullivan "Will this make life better, easier, safer for families across this country? Our foreign policy has to deliver for these families"