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Pete Buttigieg
Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg is an American politician and Afghanistan War veteran. He served as the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, from 2012 to 2020 and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election.
Buttigieg is a graduate of Harvard College and Oxford University, attending the latter on a Rhodes Scholarship. He was a consultant at the management consulting firm McKinsey from 2007 to 2010. From 2009 to 2017, he was an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant. He was mobilized and deployed to Afghanistan for seven months in 2014.
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden is an American politician who served as the 47th vice president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He represented Delaware in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee for the 2020 United States presidential election, running against incumbent Donald Trump. Biden unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination in 1988 and 2008.
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05.02 - 18:12
Pete Buttigieg Confirmed to Cabinet by Senate, Makes LGBTQ History
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thegavoice.comPete Buttigieg has been confirmed as the transportation secretary by the Senate, making him the first openly gay person to be confirmed to a Cabinet position.
Buttigieg was approved on Tuesday (February 2) with a 86-13 vote, according to NBC News. At 39 years old, he also makes history as the youngest transportation secretary.
One of his primary tasks as transportation secretary will be to support and promote President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion climate and infrastructure plan, which will focus on rebuilding roads and bridges, expanding zero-emission mass transit, instituting stronger automotive fuel economy standards, and boosting electric vehicle infrastructure. “We need to build our economy back, better than ever, and the Department of
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