Buttigieg Speaks on His Historic Cabinet Role, Proposing to Chasten
leaked Tuesday that Buttigieg would be the nominee. If the Senate approves him, he would be the first out member of the LGBTQ+ community to be a Senate-confirmed Cabinet secretary.Biden, speaking from Wilmington, Del., said his Cabinet picks “are people of the highest character, of varied experiences and backgrounds, who will help us beat the pandemic, keep us safe and secure, and build our economy back better than ever.”He noted that his Cabinet “will be the most representative of any in our history” and “a Cabinet of firsts.” It will have more women and people of color than any other, including the first woman Treasury secretary and the first Black secretary of Defense.“Our Cabinet does not just have one first or just two of these firsts,.
