A few thoughts on Xavier Becerra's rise in California
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Boring and competent? Divisive and disappointing? Depends who you ask in the Biden administration.
A few thoughts on Xavier Becerra's rise in California Boring and competent? Divisive and disappointing? Depends who you ask in the Biden administration. Dan Diamond Jun 01, 2026 13 2 4 Share The last time I spoke to Xavier Becerra in person, it was January 2025, his time as the nation’s health secretary was running out, and his next steps were beginning to take shape. We sat in the conference room attached to Becerra’s office in the hulking, notoriously ugly Hubert H. Humphrey building — a concrete fortress against the blustery, chilly Washington weather outside. Becerra was flanked by his chi
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