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With focus on diversity,

Biden packs key positions with

Indian americans

From fighting COVID-19 to building back the economy to

reforming the system of immigration, Biden-Harris administration

will include at least 25 Indian Americans

Gautam raghavan Joe Biden Vedant Patel Vinay reddy

NeeraJ DHar priorities,” says the campaign Biden Foundation, and as Vice Speechwriter for the Biden-Har-

Washington, DC website of President-elect Joe President of Policy for the Gill ris Campaign. He previously
Biden. Foundation, one of the oldest served as chief speechwriter to
s Senator, as Chairman Biden, who will assume and largest private founda- Vice President Biden in the sec-
of the Senate Foreign presidency on January 20, 2021, tions dedicated to the cause of ond term of the Obama-Biden
ARelations Commit- seems to be keeping his word. LGBTQ equality. White House, after which, he
tee, and as Vice President, Joe This week, the US Presi- During the Obama-Biden worked as Vice President of
Biden has supported Indian dent-elect named Gautam Ra- Administration, Raghavan Strategic Communications at
Americans and a strong friend- ghavan and Vinay Reddy to the served in the White House as the National Basketball Associ-
ship between India and the post of Deputy Director of the the liaison to the LGBTQ com- ation.
United States. Diverse and vi- Office of Presidential Personnel munity as well as the Asian Earlier on Monday, Biden
brant communities of Indian and Director of Speechwriting American and Pacific Islander appointed Bharat Ramamurti
Americans enrich the fabric of respectively. Gautam Raghavan community, and in the White as deputy director for the Na-
our nation in every state of the currently serves as Deputy Head House Liaison Office for the tional Economic Council for Fi-
union. As President, Biden will of Presidential Appointments US Department of Defense and nancial Reform and Consumer
work in partnership with these on the Biden-Harris Transition. as Outreach Lead for the Pen- Protection. Ramamurti is the
communities; celebrate their He had earlier served as Chief tagon’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Managing Director of the Cor-
extraordinary contributions to of Staff to US Representative Working Group. porate Power program at the
America’s success, prosperi- Pramila Jayapal, the chair of Vinay Reddy serves as a Roosevelt Institute. He was also
ty, and safety; listen to Indian the Congressional Progressive speechwriter on the Biden-Har- appointed in April to serve on
Americans’ needs; and put in Caucus. Previously, Raghavan ris Transition. He had earlier the Congressional Oversight
place policies that address their served as an Advisor to the served as Senior Advisor and Continued on next page... >>

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