Biden’s foreign policy team lays out a national security vision that differs sharply from Trump’s

(Source cnbc.com) “Diplomacy is back,” and America will be “a country of welcome.” These were just two of the policy shifts that members of President-elect Joe Biden’s national security team pledged to enact Tuesday at an event introducing Biden’s choices for top Cabinet posts. Biden said his nominees will “restore America globally, its global leadership and its moral leadership, and will ensure that our service members, diplomats and intelligence professionals can do their jobs free of politics.”  The event offered millions of Americans their first opportunity to hear directly from Biden’s nominees, who have decades of experience in foreign policy but are not necessarily household names.  Taken together, their remarks previewed an approach to foreign policy that seems diametrically opposed to the one that President Donald Trump has pursued for the past four years. There was no talk of “America first” and no hint of crackdowns on immigration or refugees. There were no corporate CEOs or career military officers named to high posts and no suggestions that U.S. foreign policy needs to serve economic interests through trade deals and bilateral purchasing agreements. Instead, the nominees spoke of the importance of reestablishing America’s moral leadership, championing human rights and strengthening multilateral relationships with allies and democracies around the world.