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In stirring speech, Pete Buttigieg makes history again for LGBTQ Americans as first gay cabinet nominee Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY UP NEXT Nearly a year ago in Des Moines, Pete Buttigieg hugged his husband onstage after his win in the Iowa caucuses made him the first openly LGBTQ candidate to earn delegates toward a major political party’s presidential nomination. Now, he’s making history again as the first openly gay man to be nominated to a Cabinet role, with President-elect Joe Biden tapping Buttigieg this week as his pick for U.S. Transportation secretary. As Buttigieg a...

Opinion: The extraordinary rise of Pete Buttigieg CNN 12/16/2020 Opinion by Lincoln Mitchell © ELIZABETH FRANTZ/REUTERS Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg endorses former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at Chicken Scratch in Dallas, Texas, U.S., March 2, 2020. The news that Pete Buttigieg will be President-elect Joseph Biden's nominee for Transportation Secretary is the latest step in a rather extraordinary political journey. Less than two years ago, Buttigieg was the mayor of small Midwestern city exploring a campaign for president that was the longest...

Biden’s Buttigieg Pick Signals Optimism on Infrastructure Bloomberg 16/12/2020 Alan Levin, Keith Laing and Jennifer Epstein © Photographer: Pool/Getty Images North America WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - DECEMBER 16: Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (L) listens as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden announces his nomination during a news conference at Biden's transition headquarters on December 16, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden made further announcements regarding his administration's cabinet choices including nominating former Democratic presidential can...

Smooth-talking Buttigieg to be Biden’s infrastructure salesman in chief POLITICO 12/16/2020 By Tanya Snyder and Sam Mintz © Kevin Lamarque/Pool via AP Former South Bend, Ind. Mayor Pete Buttigieg, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be Transportation secretary, reacts to his nomination as Biden looks on during a news conference at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Pete Buttigieg is headed to DOT's top spot, where despite his thin transportation résumé, the smooth-talking former heartland mayor could help President-elect Joe Biden sell...

'Cabinet of firsts': Biden touts Buttigieg's historic nomination Brooke Sopelsa © Provided by NBC News 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 pick to lead the Department of Transportation. If confirmed, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, would be the first openly gay member of a presidential Cabinet to be confirmed by the Senate. “This Cabinet will be the most representative of any Cabinet in American history,” Biden said befor...