### [2020-12-6](/feed/2020/12/6/index.md)

##### Presidential transition of Joe Biden
# U.S. President-elect Joe Biden picks California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his Health Secretary. If Becerra is confirmed by the Senate, he will be the first Latino to run the department. 




### Sources:

1. [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/06/us/politics/xavier-becerra-hhs-health-secretary.html)

### Changes:

1. President-elect Joe Biden picks California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his Health Secretary. If Becerra is confirmed by the Senate, he will be the first Latino to run the department.  _2020-12-07 05:04:32 (First version)_
1. U.S. President-elect Joe Biden picks California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be his Health Secretary. If Becerra is confirmed by the Senate, he will be the first Latino to run the department.  _(Current version)_

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