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Biden hails transportation nominee Buttigieg as 'new voice'

by Will WeissertAamer Madhani
| December 17, 2020 12:10 AM

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden introduced his one-time Democratic primary rival Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for transportation secretary Wednesday, saying the 38-year-old can be “a new voice" in the fight against economic inequality, institutional racism and climate change.

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