Biden signals stark shift with new national security team

President-elect Joe Biden introduces his nominees and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

President-elect Joe Biden introduced selections for his national security team on Tuesday, declaring “America is back”.

It was his first substantive offering of how he will shift from the Trump administration’s “America First” policies by relying on foreign policy and national security experts from the Democratic establishment to serve as some of his most important advisers.