President Joe Biden pickedMark Brzezinski, a Democratic-aligned foreign policy official with ties to Poland, as his ambassador to the European country regarded as a key Western bulwark against Russia.
Biden has been eager to strengthen partnerships in Europe to counter both Russia's and China's assertive posture given cool relations between Washington and those countries. Poland and the United States are both members of the NATO military alliance.Brzezinski, who speaks Polish, served as former President Barack Obama's ambassador to Sweden, when Biden was vice president. He was also on the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton.
His sister, Mika Brzezinski, is a co-host of MSNBC's "Morning Joe" news program, who feuded with Biden's Republican predecessor Donald Trump. In addition to his other diplomatic roles, Brzezinski was the first executive director of the White House's Arctic Executive Steering Committee under Obama.
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