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Feb 2, 2021 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Pete Buttigieg won Senate approval Tuesday as transportation secretary, the first openly gay person to be confirmed to a Cabinet post. He’ll be tasked with advancing President Joe Biden’s ambitious agenda of rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure and fighting climate change. Buttigieg, a 39-year-old former mayor of ...
Feb 2, 2021 · The Senate confirmed Pete Buttigieg to be President Biden's transportation secretary on Tuesday. Buttigieg is the first openly gay man to win Senate confirmation to a Cabinet post.
Feb 2, 2021 · Buttigieg was confirmed in a final 86 to 13 vote in the Senate, after the 39-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Mr. Biden's one-time rival in the Democratic presidential primaries ...
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Jul 28, 2021 · Transcript. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on the bipartisan infrastructure deal reached by Senate negotiators. AILSA CHANG, HOST: We're going to go to ...
Mar 19, 2020 · 1. Where did Pete Buttigieg come from? Until launching his presidential campaign in January 2019, Mr. Buttigieg was a relatively obscure mayor of an Indiana city of just over 100,000 people.
Dec 15, 2020 · WASHINGTON — President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. will nominate Pete Buttigieg to be secretary of transportation, Mr. Biden’s transition team announced Tuesday, selecting a former mayor of ...
U.S. Navy Reserve. Contact. Peter Paul Montgomery "Pete" Buttigieg (b. Jan. 19, 1982, in South Bend, Indiana) is the secretary of transportation in the Biden administration. The Senate confirmed him on February 2, 2021, by a vote of 86-13. [1] Buttigieg received bachelor's degrees from Harvard University and Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar.
