* Tony Blinken, 58, is currently Joe Biden's foreign policy adviser
* Blinken was the deputy Secretary of State under Barack Obama from 2015
* On Sunday night Bloomberg reported Blinken will be Biden's Secretary of State
* His appointment makes another longtime Biden aide with a foreign policy background, Jake Sullivan, the top candidate to be U.S. national security adviser
* Speculation is also mounting that Michele Flournoy will be Secretary of Defense
* Flournoy, 59, served in the Clinton White House as deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy, and was secretary of defense policy under Obama
* Linda Thomas-Greenfield, an expert on Africa, may well be UN ambassador
Joe Biden is expected to nominate his close confidant Antony Blinken as Secretary of State and longtime Democrat Michele Flournoy as the first female Secretary of Defense, sources said Sunday.
In nominating Blinken and Flournoy, Biden would be turning to familiar faces for his cabinet.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the assistant secretary of state for African affairs from 2013-17, is being touted as his UN ambassador. Blinken, 58, is currently Biden's foreign policy adviser. He served as deputy secretary of state and deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration and has close ties with Biden.
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WNU Editor: We will know officially on who are Joe Biden's cabinet nominees tomorrow .... President-elect Joe Biden to announce Cabinet picks Tuesday (CNN).
More News On Joe Biden's Cabinet Picks
Transition Highlights: Biden Plans to Name Blinken, Sullivan and Thomas-Greenfield to Cabinet -- NYTimes
Biden likely to pick Antony Blinken as secretary of state, Linda Thomas-Greenfield as UN ambassador -- France 24
Biden's team takes shape as Trump's hopes of overturning election fade -- Reuters
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