US Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary

The US Senate on February 2 confirmed Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary, the first openly gay person to be approved to a Cabinet post, Report informs referring to NBC News.

Pete is 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 South Bend, Indiana, and Biden’s one-time rival during the Democratic presidential primaries, was approved on a 86-13 vote.

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 intelligence and is openly gay, but did not have to face Senate confirmation as an acting director.