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- REPUBLINS’ IRS ‘WHISTLEBLOWER X’ IS A GAY DEMOCRAT CRIMAL DIVISN WH 13 YEARS AT THE AGENCY
- PETE BUTTIGIEG BE FIRST OPENLY GAY PERSON NFIRMED TO US BET
- OPENLY GAY SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATN: 2 WDS. CROSSWORD CLUE
- PETE BUTTIGIEG BE FIRST OPENLY GAY SENATE-NFIRMED CABET SECRETARY
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A GRADUATE OF HARVARD UNIVERSY AND AN OXFORD RHOS SCHOLAR, BUTTIGIEG ENLISTED THE U.S. NAVY RERVE AND BEME A LITENANT WHEN HE WAS PLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN 2014. IN APRIL 2019 HE ANNOUNCED HIS NDIDACY THE 2020 U.S. PRINTIAL ELECTN, A BID THAT WOULD HAVE MA HIM THE YOUNGT AND THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT U.S. HISTORY. DPE EMERGG AS A TOP-TIER DEMOCRATIC NDIDATE, BUTTIGIEG SPEND HIS MPAIGN EARLY MARCH 2020.EARLY LIFE AND FAYTHE ONLY CHILD TO PARENTS JOSEPH AND JENNIFER BUTTIGIEG, PETER PL MONTGOMERY BUTTIGIEG WAS BORN ON JANUARY 19, 1982, AND RAISED SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. HIS FATHER IMMIGRATED OM MALTA WHILE LLEGE, AND ALTHOUGH HE STUDIED TO BE A JU PRIT, JOSEPH END UP BEG A LERATURE PROFSOR AT THE UNIVERSY OF NOTRE DAME FOR NEARLY THREE S.BUTTIGIEG'S MOTHER, JENNIFER, IS A LGUIST AND HAILS OM INDIANA. LIKE HER HBAND, JENNIFER TGHT AT THE UNIVERSY OF NOTRE DAME AS A PROFSOR FOR ALMOST THREE S.EDUTNTHE CHILD OF TWO LLEGE PROFSORS, BUTTIGIEG EXCELLED AMILLY. HE WAS HIS HIGH SCHOOL'S VALEDICTORIAN AND ALSO MATRICULATED TO HARVARD UNIVERSY AS A HISTORY AND LERATURE MAJOR. AFTER GRADUATG 2004, HE BEME A RHOS SCHOLAR AT THE UNIVERSY OF OXFORD AND GRADUATED WH A B.A. PHILOSOPHY, POLICS AND ENOMICS.DURG HIS LLEGE YEARS, BUTTIGIEG GOT VOLVED POLICS ON THE STATE LEVEL AND WAS LATER EMPLOYED AS A DIRECTOR BY A NSULTG FIRM WASHGTON, D.C. POST LLEGE, HE WORKED ON JOHN KERRY'S PRINTIAL MPAIGN 2004 AND FOR ANOTHER NSULTG FIRM, MCKSEY & COMPANY, CHIGO. HE CURRENTLY SERV AS AN ADVISOR FOR THE TMAN NATNAL SECURY PROJECT, A PROGRSIVE NATNAL SECURY ANIZATN.BIS HIS NATIVE ENGLISH, BUTTIGIEG HAS FLUENCY SEVEN ADDNAL LANGUAG: ITALIAN, MALTE, SPANISH, DARI PERSIAN, ARABIC, FRENCH AND NORWEIGAN (THE LAST BEG SELF-TGHT).MILARY SERVICEAS A SUPPORTER AND VOLUNTEER OF {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BARACK OBAMA'S PRINTIAL BID, BUTTIGIEG WAS SPIRED TO ENLIST THE ARY 2007. TWO YEARS LATER, HE BEME A U.S. NAVY RERVE OFFICER, AND WHILE SERVG HIS FIRST TERM AS THE MAYOR OF SOUTH BEND 2014, WAS PLOYED TO KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, WHERE HE TOOK PART THE AFGHANISTAN THREAT FANCE CELL (ATFC), WHICH AIMED TO DISPT THE FANCIAL SYSTEMS OF TERRORIST ANIZATNS.IN HIS 2019 TOBGRAPHY, SHORTT WAY HOME, BUTTIGIEG SCRIBED SERVG DANGERO AREAS KABUL: “IN A RUAL TO BE REPEATED DOZENS OF TIM, I WOULD HEAVE MY ARMORED TORSO TO THE DRIVER’S SEAT OF A LAND CISER, CHAMBER A ROUND MY M4, LOCK THE DOORS AND WAVE A GLOVED GOODBYE TO THE MACEDONIAN GATE GUARD,” BUTTIGIEG WROTE. “MY VEHICLE WOULD CROSS OUTSI THE WIRE AND TO THE BOISTERO AFGHAN CY, ENTERG A WORLD FELY MORE TERTG AND ORDARY AND DANGERO THAN OUR ZONE BEHD THE BLAST WALLS AT ISAF HEADQUARTERS.”MOVED BY HIS OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE, 2015, BUTTIGIEG ME OUT AS A GAY MAN.MAYOR OF SOUTH BENDAFTER WNG THE MAYORAL ELECTN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, BUTTIGIEG, THEN JT 29 YEARS OLD, TOOK HIS OFFICE JANUARY 2012 AND BEME THE YOUNGT MAYOR TO SERVE A U.S. CY WH OVER 100,000 RINTS.BUTTIGIEG WAS RE-ELECTED 2015, BUT NOT WHOUT A STA ON HIS RERD: DURG HIS FIRST TERM, FERAL THORI UNVERED THAT SOUTH BEND'S POLICE WERE ILLEGALLY WIRETAPPG SOME OF S OFFICERS' PHONE LLS, UNR THE REQUT OF POLICE CHIEF DARRYL BOYKS. THIS PROMPTED BUTTIGIEG TO NOT ONLY MOTE BOYKS BUT TO LATER ASK FOR HIS RIGNATN. BOYKS, WHO WAS THE CY'S FIRST BLACK POLICE CHIEF, EVENTUALLY SUED THE CY, CLAIMG DISCRIMATN (PREV WHE POLICE CHIEFS PURPORTEDLY NDUCTED THE SAME WIRETAPPG POLICY). THIS NTROVERSIAL EVENT, BUTTIGIEG CLAIMS, WAS HIS "FIRST SER MISTAKE AS MAYOR."DPE ACCG SOME NTROVERSI, BUTTIGIEG ALSO HELPED TRANSFORM THE CY. HE CREATED PROGRAMS TO REPAIR AND CLEAN UP ABANDONED BUILDGS, ASSISTED LOW-G HOG AND PROMOTED URBAN VELOPMENT PROJECTS.BUTTIGIEG LEFT OFFICE AFTER PLETG TWO TERMS, GIVG WAY TO HIS FORMER HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE AND CHIEF OF STAFF, JAM MUELLER.POLIL CAREERBUTTIGIEG LACKED THE NAME REGNN AND SUPPORT OF OTHER LEADG DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT WHEN HE FORMALLY LNCHED HIS PRINTIAL MPAIGN APRIL 2019, BUT HE SOON GAED GROUND THANKS TO HIS OBV TELLECT AND CHARISMA, AND TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR HE WAS TRAILG ONLY THE BIG THREE OF JOE BIN, BERNIE SANRS AND ELIZABETH WARREN THE POLLS.MEDIRE FOR ALL WHO WANT ITWHILE THE HEALTHRE BATE AMERI NTU TO BE HEATED AND NTROVERSIAL, BUTTIGIEG TOOK A MIDDLE-GROUND APPROACH TO THIS ISSUE. HE SUPPORTED GIVG AMERINS A CHOICE THEIR HEALTHRE BY PROPOSG AN "OPT " OPTN, WHILE SIMULTANEOLY ALLOWG AMERINS WHO PREFER TO STAY WH PRIVATE SURANCE TO HAVE THAT ALTERNATIVE AVAILABLE. BUTTIGIEG'S "MEDIRE FOR ALL WHO WANT IT" NTRASTED WH THE ERNMENT-N SGLE-PAYER PROPOSAL BACKED BY THE MORE PROGRSIVE NDIDAT SUCH AS SANRS AND WARREN.THE DOUGLASS PLANTO ADDRS THE ISSU OF BLACK DISENANCHISEMENT AND REPARATNS, WHICH WERE AMONG THE TOPICS BATED BY 2020 DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT, BUTTIGIEG PROPOSED THE DOUGLASS PLAN. NAMED AFTER THE ABOLNIST AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST FRERICK DOUGLASS, THE PLAN OFFERED IMPROVED HEALTHRE POLICI TO THE BLACK MUNY, GIVG MORE ACCS TO CRED FOR BLACK BS AND ENTREPRENRS, A REVTMENT TN AND SYSTEMATIC CRIMAL JTICE REFORM. WHILE THE DOUGLASS PLAN SPECIFILLY FOCED ON THE NEEDS AND NCERNS OF AIN AMERINS, ALSO SERVED TO AID OTHER DISENANCHISED MORY GROUPS.NATNAL SERVICEBUTTIGIEG CREATED "A NEW CALL TO SERVICE" PLAN THAT ENURAGED HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS TO SERVE NATNAL PROGRAMS LIKE THE PEACE CORPS AND AMERICORPS AND TO ENGAGE SOME OF THE PRSG ISSU OF THE TIM, CLUDG CLIMATE CHANGE, ADDICTN AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSU AND MENTORSHIP. THE U.S. SUPREME COURTIN AN EFFORT TO POLICIZE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, BUTTIGIEG NSIRED THE ALTERNATIVE OF ADDG FIVE MORE JTIC TO THE CURRENT COURT STCTURE. VETTED BY THE LOWER URTS, THE ADDNAL JTIC WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO SERVE AFTER BEG UNANIMOLY VOTED BY THE ORIGAL NE U.S. SUPREME COURT JTIC. BUTTIGIEG ALSO NSIRED TERM LIMS FOR JTIC, SAYG HE WOULD FORM A BIPARTISAN MISSN TO EXPLORE THE BT AND MOST VIABLE OPTNS IF ELECTED PRINT.SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATNON FEBARY 2, 2021, BUTTIGIEG WAS NFIRMED AS PRINT BIN'S SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATN, MAKG HIM THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN BET SECRETARY. "I'M HONORED AND HUMBLED BY TODAY'S VOTE THE SENATE—AND READY TO GET TO WORK," HE TWEETED.DROPPG OUTALTHOUGH BUTTIGIEG'S MPAIGN WAS SEEMGLY ON STRONG GROUND WHEN HE WON THE NTROVERSIAL IOWA UC EARLY FEBARY 2020, THE NDIDATE WAS UNABLE TO STA THE MOMENTUM THROUGH SUBSEQUENT PRIMARI. ON MARCH 1, AFTER FISHG WELL BEHD BIN AND SANRS SOUTH CAROLA, BUTTIGIEG ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS DROPPG OUT OF THE PRINTIAL RACE."OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO UNIFY AMERINS TO FEAT DONALD TMP AND TO W THE ERA FOR OUR VALU," HE TOLD SUPPORTERS. "SO WE MT REGNIZE THAT AT THIS POT THE RACE THE BT WAY TO KEEP FAH WH THOSE GOALS AND IALS IS TO STEP ASI AND TO HELP BRG OUR PARTY AND OUR UNTRY TOGETHER."HBAND AND PERSONAL LIFEBUTTIGIEG MET HIS HBAND, CHASTEN, ON A DATG APP 2015 AND MARRIED HIM THREE YEARS LATER. HAVG EARNED HIS MASTER'S AT DEPL UNIVERSY, CHASTEN BEME A JUNR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND TGHT AT MONTSORI AMY INDIANA. AFTER BUTTIGIEG ANNOUNCED HIS PRINTIAL N, CHASTEN RELQUISHED HIS TEACHG POSN TO TRAVEL WH HIM AND SUPPORT HIS NDIDACY.AN EPISPALIAN, BUTTIGIEG WAS UNIQUE AMONG HIS 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL LLEAGU FOR MAKG HIS CHRISTIAN FAH A RNERSTONE OF HIS POLIL INTY. KNOWN FOR LLG OUT RELIG REPUBLINS WHO VOTE AGAST MEASUR THAT UNRME THE NEEDS OF THE POOR, BUTTIGIEG RECEIVED PRAISE OM SOME AND CRICISM OM OTHERS RELIG CIRCL.HE PUBLICLY LAMBASTED VICE PRINT MIKE PENCE, WHO IS AN EVANGELIL CHRISTIAN, FOR BEG A "CHEERLEAR FOR THE PORN-STAR PRINCY" AND CRICIZED NSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS WHO SUPPORTED PRINT TMP."BEE MY PARTY'S BEEN SO ALLERGIC TO RELIG LANGUAGE, WE'VE FOTTEN THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE MA AWARE OF THEIR CHOICE," BUTTIGIEG TOLD CNN. "I'VE GOT TO SPEAK UP, IF ONLY TO POT OUT THE HYPOCRISI OF THOSE NOW POWER. 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REPUBLINS’ IRS ‘WHISTLEBLOWER X’ IS A GAY DEMOCRAT CRIMAL DIVISN WH 13 YEARS AT THE AGENCY
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PETE BUTTIGIEG BE FIRST OPENLY GAY PERSON NFIRMED TO US BET
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A GRADUATE OF HARVARD UNIVERSY AND AN OXFORD RHOS SCHOLAR, BUTTIGIEG ENLISTED THE U.S. NAVY RERVE AND BEME A LITENANT WHEN HE WAS PLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN 2014. IN APRIL 2019 HE ANNOUNCED HIS NDIDACY THE 2020 U.S. PRINTIAL ELECTN, A BID THAT WOULD HAVE MA HIM THE YOUNGT AND THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PRINT U.S. HISTORY. DPE EMERGG AS A TOP-TIER DEMOCRATIC NDIDATE, BUTTIGIEG SPEND HIS MPAIGN EARLY MARCH 2020.EARLY LIFE AND FAYTHE ONLY CHILD TO PARENTS JOSEPH AND JENNIFER BUTTIGIEG, PETER PL MONTGOMERY BUTTIGIEG WAS BORN ON JANUARY 19, 1982, AND RAISED SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. HIS FATHER IMMIGRATED OM MALTA WHILE LLEGE, AND ALTHOUGH HE STUDIED TO BE A JU PRIT, JOSEPH END UP BEG A LERATURE PROFSOR AT THE UNIVERSY OF NOTRE DAME FOR NEARLY THREE S.BUTTIGIEG'S MOTHER, JENNIFER, IS A LGUIST AND HAILS OM INDIANA. LIKE HER HBAND, JENNIFER TGHT AT THE UNIVERSY OF NOTRE DAME AS A PROFSOR FOR ALMOST THREE S.EDUTNTHE CHILD OF TWO LLEGE PROFSORS, BUTTIGIEG EXCELLED AMILLY. HE WAS HIS HIGH SCHOOL'S VALEDICTORIAN AND ALSO MATRICULATED TO HARVARD UNIVERSY AS A HISTORY AND LERATURE MAJOR. AFTER GRADUATG 2004, HE BEME A RHOS SCHOLAR AT THE UNIVERSY OF OXFORD AND GRADUATED WH A B.A. PHILOSOPHY, POLICS AND ENOMICS.DURG HIS LLEGE YEARS, BUTTIGIEG GOT VOLVED POLICS ON THE STATE LEVEL AND WAS LATER EMPLOYED AS A DIRECTOR BY A NSULTG FIRM WASHGTON, D.C. POST LLEGE, HE WORKED ON JOHN KERRY'S PRINTIAL MPAIGN 2004 AND FOR ANOTHER NSULTG FIRM, MCKSEY & COMPANY, CHIGO. HE CURRENTLY SERV AS AN ADVISOR FOR THE TMAN NATNAL SECURY PROJECT, A PROGRSIVE NATNAL SECURY ANIZATN.BIS HIS NATIVE ENGLISH, BUTTIGIEG HAS FLUENCY SEVEN ADDNAL LANGUAG: ITALIAN, MALTE, SPANISH, DARI PERSIAN, ARABIC, FRENCH AND NORWEIGAN (THE LAST BEG SELF-TGHT).MILARY SERVICEAS A SUPPORTER AND VOLUNTEER OF {-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:#A00000;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;}{LOR:#595959;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}BARACK OBAMA'S PRINTIAL BID, BUTTIGIEG WAS SPIRED TO ENLIST THE ARY 2007. TWO YEARS LATER, HE BEME A U.S. NAVY RERVE OFFICER, AND WHILE SERVG HIS FIRST TERM AS THE MAYOR OF SOUTH BEND 2014, WAS PLOYED TO KABUL, AFGHANISTAN, WHERE HE TOOK PART THE AFGHANISTAN THREAT FANCE CELL (ATFC), WHICH AIMED TO DISPT THE FANCIAL SYSTEMS OF TERRORIST ANIZATNS.IN HIS 2019 TOBGRAPHY, SHORTT WAY HOME, BUTTIGIEG SCRIBED SERVG DANGERO AREAS KABUL: “IN A RUAL TO BE REPEATED DOZENS OF TIM, I WOULD HEAVE MY ARMORED TORSO TO THE DRIVER’S SEAT OF A LAND CISER, CHAMBER A ROUND MY M4, LOCK THE DOORS AND WAVE A GLOVED GOODBYE TO THE MACEDONIAN GATE GUARD,” BUTTIGIEG WROTE. “MY VEHICLE WOULD CROSS OUTSI THE WIRE AND TO THE BOISTERO AFGHAN CY, ENTERG A WORLD FELY MORE TERTG AND ORDARY AND DANGERO THAN OUR ZONE BEHD THE BLAST WALLS AT ISAF HEADQUARTERS.”MOVED BY HIS OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE, 2015, BUTTIGIEG ME OUT AS A GAY MAN.MAYOR OF SOUTH BENDAFTER WNG THE MAYORAL ELECTN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, BUTTIGIEG, THEN JT 29 YEARS OLD, TOOK HIS OFFICE JANUARY 2012 AND BEME THE YOUNGT MAYOR TO SERVE A U.S. CY WH OVER 100,000 RINTS.BUTTIGIEG WAS RE-ELECTED 2015, BUT NOT WHOUT A STA ON HIS RERD: DURG HIS FIRST TERM, FERAL THORI UNVERED THAT SOUTH BEND'S POLICE WERE ILLEGALLY WIRETAPPG SOME OF S OFFICERS' PHONE LLS, UNR THE REQUT OF POLICE CHIEF DARRYL BOYKS. THIS PROMPTED BUTTIGIEG TO NOT ONLY MOTE BOYKS BUT TO LATER ASK FOR HIS RIGNATN. BOYKS, WHO WAS THE CY'S FIRST BLACK POLICE CHIEF, EVENTUALLY SUED THE CY, CLAIMG DISCRIMATN (PREV WHE POLICE CHIEFS PURPORTEDLY NDUCTED THE SAME WIRETAPPG POLICY). THIS NTROVERSIAL EVENT, BUTTIGIEG CLAIMS, WAS HIS "FIRST SER MISTAKE AS MAYOR."DPE ACCG SOME NTROVERSI, BUTTIGIEG ALSO HELPED TRANSFORM THE CY. HE CREATED PROGRAMS TO REPAIR AND CLEAN UP ABANDONED BUILDGS, ASSISTED LOW-G HOG AND PROMOTED URBAN VELOPMENT PROJECTS.BUTTIGIEG LEFT OFFICE AFTER PLETG TWO TERMS, GIVG WAY TO HIS FORMER HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE AND CHIEF OF STAFF, JAM MUELLER.POLIL CAREERBUTTIGIEG LACKED THE NAME REGNN AND SUPPORT OF OTHER LEADG DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT WHEN HE FORMALLY LNCHED HIS PRINTIAL MPAIGN APRIL 2019, BUT HE SOON GAED GROUND THANKS TO HIS OBV TELLECT AND CHARISMA, AND TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR HE WAS TRAILG ONLY THE BIG THREE OF JOE BIN, BERNIE SANRS AND ELIZABETH WARREN THE POLLS.MEDIRE FOR ALL WHO WANT ITWHILE THE HEALTHRE BATE AMERI NTU TO BE HEATED AND NTROVERSIAL, BUTTIGIEG TOOK A MIDDLE-GROUND APPROACH TO THIS ISSUE. HE SUPPORTED GIVG AMERINS A CHOICE THEIR HEALTHRE BY PROPOSG AN "OPT " OPTN, WHILE SIMULTANEOLY ALLOWG AMERINS WHO PREFER TO STAY WH PRIVATE SURANCE TO HAVE THAT ALTERNATIVE AVAILABLE. BUTTIGIEG'S "MEDIRE FOR ALL WHO WANT IT" NTRASTED WH THE ERNMENT-N SGLE-PAYER PROPOSAL BACKED BY THE MORE PROGRSIVE NDIDAT SUCH AS SANRS AND WARREN.THE DOUGLASS PLANTO ADDRS THE ISSU OF BLACK DISENANCHISEMENT AND REPARATNS, WHICH WERE AMONG THE TOPICS BATED BY 2020 DEMOCRATIC NDIDAT, BUTTIGIEG PROPOSED THE DOUGLASS PLAN. NAMED AFTER THE ABOLNIST AND CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST FRERICK DOUGLASS, THE PLAN OFFERED IMPROVED HEALTHRE POLICI TO THE BLACK MUNY, GIVG MORE ACCS TO CRED FOR BLACK BS AND ENTREPRENRS, A REVTMENT TN AND SYSTEMATIC CRIMAL JTICE REFORM. WHILE THE DOUGLASS PLAN SPECIFILLY FOCED ON THE NEEDS AND NCERNS OF AIN AMERINS, ALSO SERVED TO AID OTHER DISENANCHISED MORY GROUPS.NATNAL SERVICEBUTTIGIEG CREATED "A NEW CALL TO SERVICE" PLAN THAT ENURAGED HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS TO SERVE NATNAL PROGRAMS LIKE THE PEACE CORPS AND AMERICORPS AND TO ENGAGE SOME OF THE PRSG ISSU OF THE TIM, CLUDG CLIMATE CHANGE, ADDICTN AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSU AND MENTORSHIP. THE U.S. SUPREME COURTIN AN EFFORT TO POLICIZE THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, BUTTIGIEG NSIRED THE ALTERNATIVE OF ADDG FIVE MORE JTIC TO THE CURRENT COURT STCTURE. VETTED BY THE LOWER URTS, THE ADDNAL JTIC WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO SERVE AFTER BEG UNANIMOLY VOTED BY THE ORIGAL NE U.S. SUPREME COURT JTIC. BUTTIGIEG ALSO NSIRED TERM LIMS FOR JTIC, SAYG HE WOULD FORM A BIPARTISAN MISSN TO EXPLORE THE BT AND MOST VIABLE OPTNS IF ELECTED PRINT.SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATNON FEBARY 2, 2021, BUTTIGIEG WAS NFIRMED AS PRINT BIN'S SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATN, MAKG HIM THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN BET SECRETARY. "I'M HONORED AND HUMBLED BY TODAY'S VOTE THE SENATE—AND READY TO GET TO WORK," HE TWEETED.DROPPG OUTALTHOUGH BUTTIGIEG'S MPAIGN WAS SEEMGLY ON STRONG GROUND WHEN HE WON THE NTROVERSIAL IOWA UC EARLY FEBARY 2020, THE NDIDATE WAS UNABLE TO STA THE MOMENTUM THROUGH SUBSEQUENT PRIMARI. ON MARCH 1, AFTER FISHG WELL BEHD BIN AND SANRS SOUTH CAROLA, BUTTIGIEG ANNOUNCED THAT HE WAS DROPPG OUT OF THE PRINTIAL RACE."OUR GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO UNIFY AMERINS TO FEAT DONALD TMP AND TO W THE ERA FOR OUR VALU," HE TOLD SUPPORTERS. "SO WE MT REGNIZE THAT AT THIS POT THE RACE THE BT WAY TO KEEP FAH WH THOSE GOALS AND IALS IS TO STEP ASI AND TO HELP BRG OUR PARTY AND OUR UNTRY TOGETHER."HBAND AND PERSONAL LIFEBUTTIGIEG MET HIS HBAND, CHASTEN, ON A DATG APP 2015 AND MARRIED HIM THREE YEARS LATER. HAVG EARNED HIS MASTER'S AT DEPL UNIVERSY, CHASTEN BEME A JUNR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND TGHT AT MONTSORI AMY INDIANA. AFTER BUTTIGIEG ANNOUNCED HIS PRINTIAL N, CHASTEN RELQUISHED HIS TEACHG POSN TO TRAVEL WH HIM AND SUPPORT HIS NDIDACY.AN EPISPALIAN, BUTTIGIEG WAS UNIQUE AMONG HIS 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL LLEAGU FOR MAKG HIS CHRISTIAN FAH A RNERSTONE OF HIS POLIL INTY. KNOWN FOR LLG OUT RELIG REPUBLINS WHO VOTE AGAST MEASUR THAT UNRME THE NEEDS OF THE POOR, BUTTIGIEG RECEIVED PRAISE OM SOME AND CRICISM OM OTHERS RELIG CIRCL.HE PUBLICLY LAMBASTED VICE PRINT MIKE PENCE, WHO IS AN EVANGELIL CHRISTIAN, FOR BEG A "CHEERLEAR FOR THE PORN-STAR PRINCY" AND CRICIZED NSERVATIVE CHRISTIANS WHO SUPPORTED PRINT TMP."BEE MY PARTY'S BEEN SO ALLERGIC TO RELIG LANGUAGE, WE'VE FOTTEN THAT PEOPLE NEED TO BE MA AWARE OF THEIR CHOICE," BUTTIGIEG TOLD CNN. "I'VE GOT TO SPEAK UP, IF ONLY TO POT OUT THE HYPOCRISI OF THOSE NOW POWER. TIME WILL TELL WHETHER THAT'S SMART POLILLY OR NOT."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;MARG:0.9375REM 0 0 0.625REM;PADDG:0 0 0 1.25REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:0.9375REM 0;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;} LI{PADDG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} LI::MARKER{LOR:#323232;}BIRTH YEAR: 1982BIRTH DATE: JANUARY 19, 1982BIRTH STATE: INDIANABIRTH CY: SOUTH BENDBIRTH COUNTRY: UNED STATBT KNOWN FOR: PETE BUTTIGIEG, A FORMER MAYOR OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, WAS AMONG THE 2020 DEMOCRATIC PRINTIAL NDIDAT AND IS THE CURRENT SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATN. HE IS THE FIRST OPENLY GAY MAN BET SECRETARY.ASTROLOGIL SIGN: CAPRIRNFACT CHECK
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Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologized Wednday for the treatment of gay veterans, sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U. The apology me after an pennt review published Wednday timated that hundreds, if not thoands, of veterans were dismissed or suffered unr an official ban on homosexualy the U. “As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry, ” Sunak told Parliament.
It documented the effects of what lled “an prehensible policy of homophobic bigotry our armed forc. Veterans’ ttimoni “give shockg evince of a culture of homophobia, and of bullyg, blackmail and sexual asslts, abive vtigatns to sexual orientatn and sexual preference, disgraceful medil examatns, cludg nversn therapy, ” the report said.
Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holm, who had served the Brish army and who me out as gay last year, said meant “a huge amount” to hear the ernment apology. The ban on homosexualy was abandoned 2000, when the European Court of Human Rights led favor of four service personnel who were vtigated and then discharged bee of their sexualy. Buttigieg, 39, beme the first openly gay bet secretary to have been approved by the Senate and the youngt member of the print’s photo by Stefani ReynoldsPublished Feb.
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