Tackling domestic challenges must for global role: Kamala

Washington, November 25

Acknowledging that they would inherit a series of unprecedented challenges upon walking into the White House, United States (IS) Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said overcoming domestic challenges is a necessary foundation for restoring and advancing American leadership around the world.

“President-elect Biden and I have long known that when we were elected, we would inherit a series of unprecedented challenges upon walking into the White House,” Harris, 56, told reporters on Tuesday at the transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware where Biden announced his national security team.

“Addressing these challenges starts with getting this pandemic under control, opening our economy responsibly, and making sure it works for working people. And we also know that overcoming our challenges here at home is a necessary foundation for restoring and advancing our leadership around the world,” she said. “And we are ready for that work. We will need to reassemble and renew America’s alliances; rebuild and strengthen the national security and foreign policy institutions that keep us safe and advance our nation’s interests; and confront and combat the existential threat of climate change that endangers us all,” Harris said. — PTI

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