Biden Needs African Americans in Top Cabinet Roles, Bass Says
- Caucus proposes two Black candidates for defense secretary
- Bass renews call for Black woman to replace Harris in Senate
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The Biden administration should name an African American to fill at least one of the remaining two top cabinet positions, said Representative Karen Bass, a California Democrat who chairs the Congressional Black Caucus.
“It would be great if he did it for defense secretary, and there are two individuals that the Congressional Black Caucus would like to put forward -- Lloyd Austin and Jeh Johnson,” she said in an interview Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”