Among his first priorities, President-Elect Joe Biden is announcing a coronavirus task force and is expected to start work on an economic recovery plan this week as COVID-19 cases continue to climb in the US. 

From a national security perspective, there are a number of other complicated global dynamics that the new administration with be faced with right away. Among them, a far more complicated Middle East than the one Biden faced as Vice President. 

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