Pete Buttigieg

Pete Buttigieg is an American politician who served as U.S.

Secretary of Transportation under President Biden, the first openly gay person confirmed to a Cabinet position.

Previously mayor of South Bend, Indiana, he ran for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, gaining attention as a young, articulate moderate.

His surname is pronounced roughly BOOT-uh-judge.

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