President elect Joe Biden names nominees for top diplomatic and national security posts president elect Joe Biden pulls from the ranks of Washington veterans announcing his nominations to key national security and cabinet posts it's a team that will keep our country and our people safe and secure it's a team that reflects the fact that America is back Biden's nominees are a clear departure from president trump whose cabinet has largely consisted of men almost all of them white pines picks include several women and people of color some of whom would break barriers if confirmed to their new positions including Afro Haynes as the first woman nominated as director of national intelligence and Alejandro my York us the first immigrant nominated to head the department of homeland security Tim McGuire Washington