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Pete Buttigieg becomes first openly gay person confirmed to US Cabinet with Senate approval as transport head
Pete Buttigieg has won US Senate approval as transportation secretary, the first openly gay person to be confirmed to a Cabinet post.
Key points:
- Mr Buttigieg will take a key role in a White House effort to dramatically ramp up infrastructure spending
- Alejandro Mayorkas was confirmed as head the Department of Homeland Security, making him the first Latino and immigrant to hold the position
- Joe Biden’s pick for attorney-general, Merrick Garland, is still pending Senate confirmation
He will be tasked with advancing President Joe Biden’s ambitious agenda of rebuilding the nation’s infrastructure and fighting climate change.
Mr Buttigieg was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday (local time) on an 86-13 vote.
Mr Buttigieg, the former mayor of South…
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