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Biden's Bulldogs

The Yale alumni in the upper reaches of the new administration.

Mar/Apr 2021

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Janet Yellen ’71PhD, secretary of the treasury. View full image

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Janet Yellen ’71PhD, secretary of the treasury. View full image

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Gina Raimondo ’98JD, secretary of commerce. View full image

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Gina Raimondo ’98JD, secretary of commerce. View full image

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Neera Tanden ’96JD, director, Office of Management and Budget. (Tanden withdrew her nomination in March, after our print issue was published.) View full image

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Neera Tanden ’96JD, director, Office of Management and Budget. (Tanden withdrew her nomination in March, after our print issue was published.) View full image

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Katherine Tai ’96, US trade representative. View full image

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Katherine Tai ’96, US trade representative. View full image

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Jake Sullivan ’98, ’03JD, national security adviser. View full image

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Jake Sullivan ’98, ’03JD, national security adviser. View full image

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Brian Deese ’08JD, director, National Economic Council. View full image

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Brian Deese ’08JD, director, National Economic Council. View full image

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Brenda Mallory ’79, chair, Council on Environmental Quality. View full image

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Brenda Mallory ’79, chair, Council on Environmental Quality. View full image

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Wally Adeyemo ’09JD, deputy secretary of the treasury. View full image

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Wally Adeyemo ’09JD, deputy secretary of the treasury. View full image

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Samantha Power ’92, USAID administrator. View full image

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Samantha Power ’92, USAID administrator. View full image

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Vanita Gupta ’96, associate attorney general. View full image

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Vanita Gupta ’96, associate attorney general. View full image

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Marcella Nunez-Smith ’06MHS, chair, COVID-19 Equity Task Force. View full image

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Marcella Nunez-Smith ’06MHS, chair, COVID-19 Equity Task Force. View full image

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John Kerry ’66, special presidential envoy for climate. View full image

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John Kerry ’66, special presidential envoy for climate. View full image

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Vivek Murthy ’03MD, ’03MBA, surgeon general. View full image

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Vivek Murthy ’03MD, ’03MBA, surgeon general. View full image

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Dana Remus ’02JD, White House counsel. View full image

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Dana Remus ’02JD, White House counsel. View full image

Four years ago, incoming president Donald Trump appointed three Yale grads—Steven Mnuchin ’85, Wilbur Ross ’59, and Ben Carson ’73—to cabinet positions. They were three of the four cabinet members who lasted through Trump’s entire term. Now, a new administration has called a new set of Yalies to the halls of power. Here are some of the highest-ranking Elis nominated or appointed to jobs in the Biden administration, including four in cabinet-level positions.

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Mar/Apr 2021

Vol LXXXIV, No 4

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