Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Pete Buttigieg Joins Joe Biden's White House Transition Team
Pete Buttigieg ended his history-making presidential campaign after coming in fourth in the South Carolina primary. Now, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind.
has been named to Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s White House transition team.Buttigieg was named to a 15-person advisory board that includes former attorney general Sally Yates and former national security advisor Susan Rice, both of whom worked under President Barack Obama.
Also joining the board is former U.S. surgeon general under Obama, Vivek Murthy, who has advised Biden amid the pandemic, according to CNN.
Biden also named four new co-chairs to the team including former Obama economic advisor Jeffrey Zients, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, Rep.
