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             Wednesday 23 december 2020
            Continued from front                                                                                                rus in the United States.
            The  breach  of  the  Trea-                                                                                         He  urged  Americans  to
            sury  Department  began                                                                                             continue  to  take  precau-
            in July, but experts believe                                                                                        tions, particularly during the
            the overall hacking opera-                                                                                          holidays  when  many  typi-
            tion  began  months  ear-                                                                                           cally  come  together  with
            lier  when  malicious  code                                                                                         family  and  friends.  Noting
            was  slipped  into  updates                                                                                         the  ways  that  the  pan-
            to  popular  software  that                                                                                         demic has altered his own
            monitors  computer  net-                                                                                            holiday celebrations, which
            works  of  businesses  and                                                                                          typically include up to two
            governments.  "The  truth  is,                                                                                      dozen relatives, Biden said
            the  Trump  administration                                                                                          "not this year."
            failed  to  prioritize  cyberse-                                                                                    On  Monday,  Biden  was
            curity," Biden said. "This as-                                                                                      vaccinated  on  live  televi-
            sault happened on Donald                                                                                            sion as part of an effort to
            Trump's  watch,  while  he                                                                                          reassure  people  that  the
            wasn't watching."                                                                                                   COVID-19 vaccine is safe.
            Given  Trump's  reluctance                                                                                          "I  look  forward  to  the  sec-
            to publicly blame Russia, it                                                                                        ond shot, and I have abso-
            appears likely that any for-                                                                                        lute confidence in the vac-
            mal  U.S.  retaliation  for  the                                                                                    cine," Biden said. "But we're
            hacking  will  fall  to  Biden.                                                                                     in short supply."
            The president-elect said he   This June 6, 2013 file photo, shows the sign outside the National Security Agency (NSA) campus in   With about a month to go
                                         Fort Meade, Md.All fingers are pointing to Russia as author of the worst-ever hack of U.S. govern-
            would  work  with  allies  to   ment agencies.                                                                      until his inauguration, Biden
            set up international rules to                                                                      Associated Press  is working through the holi-
            hold nation states account-                                                                                         day  to  build  out  his  Cabi-
            able  for  cyberattacks  and  tion  would  make  cyberse-  Biden  spoke  a  day  after  billion  coronavirus  aid  bill  net and White House team.
            vowed  that  his  administra-  curity a top priority.     Congress  passed  a  $900  that  includes  direct  pay-   He's expected to nominate
                                                                                                   ments  to  many  Americans  Miguel Cardona, Connect-
                                                                                                   and aid for struggling small  icut's  education  chief,  to
                                                                                                   businesses.  He  called  the  serve  as  education  secre-
                                                                                                   bill a "down payment" on a  tary,  according  to  people
                                                                                                   broader  relief  bill  he  plans  familiar with the matter.
                                                                                                   to introduce when he takes  Biden's  transition  team  on
                                                                                                   office in January.           Tuesday also announced a
                                                                                                   "Like  all  compromises,  this  new round of White House
                                                                                                   is  far  from  perfect,"  Biden  staff  appointments,  led  by
                                                                                                   said. "Congress did their job  longtime  aide  Bruce  Reed
                                                                                                   this week, and I can and I  as  deputy  chief  of  staff.
                                                                                                   must ask them to do it again  Reed  served  as  Biden's
                                                                                                   next  year."  The  president-  chief  of  staff  during  his
                                                                                                   elect  also  expressed  em-  first  term  as  vice  president
                                                                                                   pathy for families who have  and has long been a close
                                                                                                   struggled this year through  member  of  Biden's  inner
                                                                                                   the  pandemic  and  result-  circle of advisers.
                                                                                                   ing  economic  uncertainty.  But  throughout  the  weeks
                                                                                                   He singled out in particular  of speculation over Biden's
                                                                                                   frontline  workers,  scientists,  Cabinet  selections,  pro-
                                                                                                   researchers,  clinical  trial  gressives  have  expressed
                                                                                                   participants and those with  concerns about what they
                                                                                                   deployed  family  members  see  as  Reed's  moderate
                                                                                                   during the holiday season.   political  views  and  fiscal
                                                                                                   "Our hearts are always with  conservatism.  Progressives
                                                                                                   you — keep the faith," said  notched a win in the latest
                                                                                                   Biden, even as he warned  round  of  staff  announce-
                                                                                                   that  the  nation  faces  a  ments,  however,  with  the
                                                                                                   "dark  winter"  as  COVID-19  appointment  of  Gautam
                                                                                                   cases rise across the coun-  Raghavan  as  deputy  di-
                                                                                                   try. More than 320,000 peo-  rector of the office of presi-
                                                                                                   ple have died from the vi-   dential personnel. q



                                                                                                            HAPPY HOLIDAYS



                                                                                                     The Aruba Today Newspaper announces that due to
                                                                                                     the holidays, we will not be in circulation on Friday, De-
                                                                                                     cember 25th, 2020 or Saturday, December 26th, 2020.
                                                                                                     We  will  be  back  on  newsstands  everywhere  bright
                                                                                                     and  early  to  serve  our  readers  and  advertisers  first
                                                                                                     thing in the morning, Monday, December 28th, 2020.
                                                                                                     Until  then:  Season’s  Greetings  and  Happy  Holidays
                                                                                                     from the team at the Aruba Today Newspaper and
                                                                                                     the entire staff at Caribbean Speed Printing (CSP).
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