Biden taps Asia czar as Blinken's deputy

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Campbell has served as Biden's "Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs" since the president took office in January 2021, and previously served as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs from 2009 to 2013 under then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
49% : Sherman, the erstwhile deputy secretary of state, retired after more than two years in the role.
48% : U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated the chief architect of his foreign policy on Asia, Kurt Campbell, to serve as the next deputy secretary of state, replacing Wendy Sherman, who retired in July.
46% : Campbell will require Senate confirmation to take up the role of deputy secretary of state, but it is currently unclear when hearings will be held, with a large backlog of confirmation hearings before the Senate.
17% : She was under secretary of state for political affairs in the Obama administration, and was the lead negotiator in the Iran nuclear deal later ripped up under President Donald Trump.

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