Biden names Indian-American Vedant Patel as Assistant WH Secretary

US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday named Indian-American Vedant Patel as Assistant White House Secretary. Patel, who's the senior spokesperson of the Biden inaugural committee, had earlier served as Regional Communications Director on the Biden-Harris campaign. "I took the leap with Joe Biden when he announced because I believed in his vision for what this country could be," Patel said.