USA – President Biden’s commitment to diversity in the first 100 days (Brookings)

Short of dealing with a crisis, a president’s largest responsibility at the start of an administration is to fill the highest levels of government with hand-picked appointees. Doing so enables the chief executive to steer the massive ship of state in the direction that advances their policy priorities. Throughout the 2020 presidential campaign, candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden repeatedly pledged to appoint a team that looked like America. Brookings has been monitoring this commitment by noting the pace, gender and race/ethnicity of his Senate-confirmed nominees, and we have now passed the 100^th day of his tenure, a popular moment to take stock and assess personnel appointments.

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/05/03/president-bidens-commitment-to-diversity-in-the-first-100-days/

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas