Joe Biden has begun to fill out top positions on the incoming National Security Council and at the State Department, with key roles like deputy national security adviser and deputy secretary of State going to veterans of the Obama administration politico.com/news/2021/01/0…
At the State Department, longtime diplomat Wendy Sherman will be nominated to serve as Secretary of State-designee Tony Blinken’s deputy, according to two people close to the transition politi.co/38ek6Rm 
Another veteran diplomat, Victoria Nuland, will be nominated for the role of under secretary of State for political affairs, one of the people said politi.co/38ek6Rm
On the National Security Council, former State Department official Jon Finer will be named deputy national security adviser, the people said, reporting up to incoming national security adviser Jake Sullivan politi.co/38ek6Rm
The key NSC role of senior director for European Affairs will go to Amanda Sloat, a Brookings Institution fellow who served as assistant secretary for Southern Europe and Eastern Mediterranean affairs at the State Department in the Obama administration politi.co/38ek6Rm
These positions could be announced as soon as this week along with a larger slate of Biden national security and foreign policy roles politi.co/38ek6Rm
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