//Blinken emerges as top pick for Biden’s secretary of state

Blinken emerges as top pick for Biden’s secretary of state

WASHINGTON (AP) — A longtime national security aide to President-elect Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, is the leading contender to become Biden’s nominee for secretary of state.

Multiple people familiar with the Biden team’s planning tell The Associated Press that Blinken is at the front of his choices to be America’s