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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden's pick for secretary of transportation was confirmed on Tuesday by the Senate, making Pete Buttigieg the first openly gay member of a White House cabinet. Buttigieg, a breakout star of the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign before dropping out and endorsing Biden, was confirmed by a strong bipartisan vote of 86 to 13. The confirmation elevates Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana and a US Navy veteran who served in Afghanistan as a military intelligence officer, to the leadership of a sprawling federal agency at just 39 years of age. "...
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Wilmington (United States) (AFP) - Joe Biden boasted of a "cabinet of barrier breakers" Wednesday as the US President-elect introduced his transportation secretary pick Pete Buttigieg, who if confirmed would become the first openly gay head of a cabinet-level department. Buttigieg, whom Biden called "a policy wonk with a big heart," is one of several trailblazing picks by the veteran Democrat who appears to be following through on his pledge to name the most diverse US cabinet ever. "A cabinet that looks like America" is how Biden, 78, described the inner circle that he is putting together. "W...
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Washington (AFP) - Pete Buttigieg's nomination to be transportation secretary caps a meteoric rise for the former small town Indiana mayor and could make him the first openly gay Senate-confirmed member of a US presidential cabinet. President-elect Joe Biden confirmed Tuesday he would nominate Buttigieg, who challenged the former vice president for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, to head the mammoth Department of Transportation. Buttigieg, 38, is the first Democratic primary campaign rival selected by Biden for his cabinet. The 78-year-old Biden chose another primary opponent, Cal...
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Washington (AFP) - Pete Buttigieg's nomination to be transportation secretary would cap a meteoric rise for the former small town Indiana mayor and make him the first openly gay Senate-confirmed member of a US presidential cabinet. US media reported Tuesday that President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Buttigieg, who challenged the former vice president for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, to head the mammoth Department of Transportation. Buttigieg, 38, would be the first Democratic primary campaign rival selected by Biden for his cabinet. The 78-year-old Biden chose another pri...
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