United States President Joe Biden on Thursday said that Indian Americans were taking over the country, referring to the high number of peop...
United States President Joe Biden on Thursday said that Indian Americans were taking over the country, referring to the high number of people from the community being part of the administration, reported PTI.
“Indian-of-descent Americans are taking over the country,” Biden said in a virtual interaction with NASA scientists who were involved in the landing of rover Perseverance at Mars. “You [Swati Mohan], my Vice President [Kamala Harris], my speech writer [Vinay Reddy].” Swati Mohan, an Indian-American, is the lead on the guidance, navigation, and control operations of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission.
Biden has appointed at least 55 Indian Americans to important leadership positions in his administration in less than 50 days of his presidency. This count does not include Vice President Kamala Harris as hers is an elected position, and Neera Tanden, whose nomination for the position of Director of White House Office of Management and Budget was withdrawn by the president on Tuesday.
Earlier in the week, physician Vivek Murthy testified before a Senate Committee for the Surgeon General role. Murthy earlier served as the 19th surgeon general from 2014 to 2017. Civil Rights Attorney Vanita Gupta will also appear for her confirmation hearing for the associate attorney general in the Department of Justice.
Further, nearly half of the Indian...
