Buttigieg confirmed as Transportation secretary The Senate on Tuesday voted 86-13 to confirm former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg as President Biden’s transportation secretary.Buttigieg, 39, is the first openly gay Senate-confirmed cabinet member and the second with a cabinet-level job after acting intelligence director Richard Grenell, who held that office last year.SOURCE:https://nypost.com/2021/02/02/pete-buttigieg-confirmed-as-transportation-secretary/