Kamala Harris’s campaign taps Biden official to lead transition effort

Kamala Harris’s campaign taps Biden official to lead transition effort


Vice President Kamala Harris‘s campaign has tapped Yohannes Abraham for an integral role in a presidential transition team.

Abraham is the U.S. ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and is based in Indonesia. A U.S. official confirmed that Abraham will conclude his tenure in Jakarta in the coming days, per NBC News.

He is expected to lead a small team tasked with putting in place operations for Harris to begin building an administration after the election if she wins against former President Donald Trump.

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A State Department spokesperson told the outlet that Abraham had spent his two years as an ambassador working to bolster the U.S.’s relationship with nations in southeast Asia. Before that, he was chief of staff of the National Security Council and

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