Buttigieg Thanks Husband, Talks Policy in Senate Confirmation Hearing
first out member of the LGBTQ+ committee to receive Senate confirmation for a Cabinet position. During Donald Trump’s administration, Richard Grenell, who is gay, served briefly as acting director of national intelligence, a Cabinet-level post, but because he held the position on an interim basis, he did not require Senate confirmation for it.Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind., who sought the Democratic presidential nomination last year, also thanked President Joe Biden for nominating him to the lead the Department of Transportation and noted what he’d like to accomplish at the department.
