Biden to appoint Buttigieg in cabinet
US President-elect Joe Biden's diverse Cabinet may see a new entry glorifying his integrating and incorporating ideology. He has nominated Pete Buttigieg, the openly gay former mayor as his transportation secretary. Taking the baton of progression forward, if confirmed, he will be the first person from LGBTQ community to hold any position in cabinet but definitely not the last one. In the past few weeks, Biden made enormous and quintessential efforts to involve candidates from varied backgrounds to represent different departments irrespective of cast, colour, creed, race, race, gender or sexual orientation.
Biden has also contemplated appointing former governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm as head of Department of energy to strategize the country's stance on the nuclear arsenal. Gina McCarthy who served as Environment Protection Agency under President Barack Obama, can be chosen as Biden's Domestic Climate Policy Chief. Buttigieg and Granholm will be confirmed by US Senate before official declaration.
Biden cleared his intentions in choosing Buttigieg Transportation Secretary because, "this post is a junction of so many intertwined challenges and opportunities. Jobs, infrastructure, equity and climate all concerns the DOT and attracts plans for development and bouncing back strong and better." Buttigieg in his tweet extended his gratitude to President-elect Joe Biden for lending him the opportunity to serve the nation and further added, "This is the tremendous opportunity to welcome job opportunities, enhance equity and meet climate challenges."
The United States has witnessed a lot of firsts in selection and building of new cabinet outlining Biden's promising ideology of collective upliftment. Buttigieg will be joining Neera Tandon, first Indian American cabinet secretary head of Budget Department; Janet Yellen, first women treasury secretary; Llyod Austin, the first African American to serve as defence secretary; Katherine Tai, the first Taiwanese American as US Trade Representative; Xavier Becerra and Alejandro Mayorkas as the first Latinos to head departments of Health and Homeland Security. One can't end this list without mentioning Kamala Harris, first black, women, Asian-American of Indian origin being appointed as the Vice President of States.
"When confirmed, Pete will be immortalised in history as first Senate confirmed, openly LGBTQ member of cabinet- a revolutionary milestone," said Alphonso David, president of Human Rights Campaign, the largest organisation safeguarding rights and pride of queer community in the US.
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