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The General Services Administration on Nov. 23 cleared the way for President-elect Joe Biden to begin the transition process. (Video: The Washington Post)

Pa. and Nevada certify Biden’s wins; president-elect introduces national security team

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Pennsylvania and Nevada, two key battleground states, certified President-elect Joe Biden’s wins Tuesday, even as President Trump continued to fight results in court and insisted that he will “never concede.”  
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After 16 days teetering between her duty to Trump and the unfolding reality that Biden won, General Services Administration head Emily Murphy declared the Democrat the apparent victor Monday in an unusually personal letter to him.
Biden announced a diverse set of nominees for top diplomatic and foreign policy posts, including the first Latino and first immigrant as homeland security secretary and the first woman as director of national intelligence.
Here’s who Biden is picking to fill his White House and Cabinet.
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After 16 days teetering between her duty to Trump and the unfolding reality that Biden won, General Services Administration head Emily Murphy declared the Democrat the apparent victor Monday in an unusually personal letter to him.
Biden announced a diverse set of nominees for top diplomatic and foreign policy posts, including the first Latino and first immigrant as homeland security secretary and the first woman as director of national intelligence.
Here’s who Biden is picking to fill his White House and Cabinet.
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