President Joe Biden has appointed crisis management expert Elizabeth M. Allen as Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of State.
The appointment, announced on Wednesday, comes amid the Afghanistan crisis.
The United States is carrying out the biggest evacuation process in its history from Afghanistan, as the August 31 deadline set by the Taliban for US forces to leave the country is very near.
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