Additionally, Pete Buttigieg, a former Democratic candidate for president, will go before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Thursday. As former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, Buttigieg has direct experience in tribal government issues, having worked with the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians on land-into-trust and other matters. The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources has not yet announced a confirmation hearing for Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) to be Secretary of the Interior. If confirmed, she would be the first Native person to lead the Department of the Interior and the first Native person in a modern-day presidential cabinet. Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States during a ceremony at the heavily fortified U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. The oath of office also will be administered to Kamala Harris, who will be the first woman, the first person of African descent and the first person of South Asian (Indian) descent to serve as vice president.Confirmation hearings for @JoeBiden nominees
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10am:Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury
10am:Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence
10am:Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security
2pm:Antony Blinken, Secretary of State
3pm:Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense
Janet Yellen, Secretary of the Treasury, goes before Senate Committee on Finance.https://t.co/ATbUBCZJQT
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Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence, goes before Senate Committee on Intelligence.https://t.co/saEEH62sed
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Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence, goes before Senate Committee on Intelligence.https://t.co/saEEH62sed
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Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, goes before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.https://t.co/glqkJO2IQa
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Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defense, goes before Senate Committee on Armed Services.https://t.co/Nj6apPkIFm
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