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Feb 2, 2021 · Washington — The Senate voted Tuesday to approve Pete Buttigieg to be transportation secretary, the first openly gay person ever confirmed to a Cabinet post, tasked with advancing President...
Dec 15, 2020 · Mr. Buttigieg would bring a younger voice to the cabinet and add to its diversity as its first confirmed openly gay member.
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Feb 2, 2021 · Buttigieg brings diversity to the Cabinet. There hasn’t been an openly gay Cabinet secretary before. Under President Donald Trump, Richard Grenell served as acting director of national...
By Brooke Sopelsa. President-elect Joe Biden’s Cabinet is shaping up to be a team of “firsts,” and he introduced yet another of his history-making nominations Wednesday: Pete Buttigieg as his...
Feb 2, 2021 · By a vote of 86 to 13, the Senate made Mr. Buttigieg, 39, the nation’s first openly gay cabinet secretary to be confirmed by the upper chamber and Mr. Biden’s youngest cabinet member.
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Dec 16, 2020 · If confirmed, Buttigieg would bring new diversity to the administration Biden has promised will “look like America,” as the first openly gay Cabinet secretary approved by the U.S. Senate to serve in U.S. history.
Dec 16, 2020 · At 38, Mr. Buttigieg would also be one of the youngest cabinet secretaries in history. Julián Castro was 39 when President Barack Obama appointed him housing secretary in 2014.
