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Little by little, the president-elect forms his appointed cabinet. The name Buttigieg makes people feel and take notice. Biden nominates a former rival as minister.
The president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, continues to work in his appointed cabinet: He has now nominated former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg for the post of Minister of Transportation. In a statement, Biden said of the 38-year-old former South Bend City mayor that he was a patriot and problem solver “who expresses the best of who we are as a nation.”
The AP news agency also learned from an informed source that Biden would like former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm to be Secretary of Energy.
Buttigieg and Granholm supported Biden’s election campaign
Without much political experience in Washington, Buttigieg had done surprisingly well in the Democratic primary. Granholm is 61 years old and served as Michigan’s first female governor for two terms, from 2003 to 2010. She supported Biden in the election campaign and is considered a critic of incumbent Donald Trump.
Due to his attempts to change the election results in his favor, she accused him of poisoning democracy. Buttigieg also supported Biden later in the election campaign. He compared the 38-year-old to his late son Beau and said he couldn’t give a bigger compliment.
Biden’s ambitious infrastructure plans
Biden plans to spend billions on improving infrastructure in crisis. The Ministry of Transport is likely to play an important role in this, at least when it comes to motorways, trains and other public transport.
The president-elect has already tied up some personal details. Among other things, he appointed Antony Blinken as Secretary of State, General Lloyd Austin as Secretary of Defense and former Fed Chief Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury.
Environmental expert McCarthy is said to be the “climate czar”
Biden is also expanding his future staff for environmental and climate protection issues. According to information from the AP news agency, he decided to appoint the former director of the EPA’s environmental protection agency, Gina McCarthy, as his “climate czar” in the White House. Ali Zaidi, who like McCarthy already worked in the administration of former President Barack Obama, will be his deputy.
Biden has established a climate policy office in the White House, which McCarthy is now supposed to run. In late November, Biden’s team announced that former Secretary of State John Kerry would become climate commissioner. Therefore, you should become the first member of the national security council to be exclusively entrusted with climate change.
