U.S. president-elect Joe Biden is set to name the first members of his cabinet on Tuesday, with a focus on foreign policy as his secretary of state and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations are among those to be named. As the transition process continues for Biden, one issue facing his cabinet picks is they cannot receive their FBI background checks yet until the General Services Administration signs off on the formal transition and it has not yet changed its stance on the issue.
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