Correct answer: (b) Janet Yellen
Explanation
- A
Lloyd Austin
Lloyd Austin became the first African-American U.S. Secretary of Defense in 2021, not Treasury Secretary and not a woman.
- B
Janet Yellen
Janet Yellen was confirmed in January 2021 as the first woman Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. She had earlier chaired the Federal Reserve. That is the official key.
- C
Merrick Garland
Merrick Garland became U.S. Attorney General in 2021, heading the Department of Justice, not the Treasury.
- D
Tulipan
‘Tulipan’ is not the name of America’s first woman Treasury Secretary; it is a distractor in this paper.
Summary. Official key is (b) Janet Yellen. The Biden cabinet split Defense (Austin), Justice (Garland) and Treasury (Yellen). Yellen is also the first person to have led the Fed, the Treasury and, earlier, the Council of Economic Advisers. Honour the stored letter (b).
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