{"id":55619,"date":"2022-12-28T16:18:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T00:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=55619"},"modified":"2022-12-29T11:18:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T19:18:52","slug":"buttigieg-faces-key-test-amid-southwest-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=55619","title":{"rendered":"Buttigieg faces key test amid Southwest meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/30103510.2164\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wZW9wbGUvcGV0ZS1idXR0aWdpZWcvP2VtYWlsPWIwYmVmYjJkYWZjZTNhODdlN2YxMzZiYjA2NTRkZjA1M2Y4NDUzYWMmZW1haWxhPTFhMjc1N2UzNTgwMDFiYTI2MzE4YjAyYjg2ZjQxMzExJmVtYWlsYj1jMWI1ODkxZWM4MmRlMDlkYmNmOTczYWQ0OTU0NjAzMmVjZTc5NTBmYjNhN2U3Y2E4NmRkOWNmY2NhYmU2OWI4JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9U2FpbHRocnUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249MTIuMjguMjIlMjBOUCUyMC0lMjBUaGUlMjBIaWxsJTIwTmV3cyUyMEFsZXJ0JTIwLSUyMEJ1dHRpZ2llZyUyMGZhY2VzJTIwa2V5JTIwdGVzdA\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aBdb2f3150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nxslink.thehill.com\/click\/30103510.2164\/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVoaWxsLmNvbS9wZW9wbGUvcGV0ZS1idXR0aWdpZWcvP2VtYWlsPWIwYmVmYjJkYWZjZTNhODdlN2YxMzZiYjA2NTRkZjA1M2Y4NDUzYWMmZW1haWxhPTFhMjc1N2UzNTgwMDFiYTI2MzE4YjAyYjg2ZjQxMzExJmVtYWlsYj1jMWI1ODkxZWM4MmRlMDlkYmNmOTczYWQ0OTU0NjAzMmVjZTc5NTBmYjNhN2U3Y2E4NmRkOWNmY2NhYmU2OWI4JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9U2FpbHRocnUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249MTIuMjguMjIlMjBOUCUyMC0lMjBUaGUlMjBIaWxsJTIwTmV3cyUyMEFsZXJ0JTIwLSUyMEJ1dHRpZ2llZyUyMGZhY2VzJTIwa2V5JTIwdGVzdA\/6230d8c8b246d104952dff9aBdb2f3150&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1672419030173000&amp;usg=AOvVaw04YQTVl62qjqfwWS5d4kK8\">Pete Buttigieg\u00a0<\/a>faces one of his biggest tests yet as tens of thousands of outraged Southwest Airlines travelers remain stranded at airports across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Buttigieg is under pressure to help get travelers home, ensure they are reimbursed for unexpected costs and take steps to prevent this kind of meltdown from happening again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s perhaps the most high-profile moment of the former \u2014 and potentially future \u2014 presidential candidate\u2019s tenure in the Biden administration. And it presents an opportunity for Buttigieg to take decision action, something critics say has been lacking during his tenure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transportation Secretary\u00a0Pete Buttigieg\u00a0faces one of his&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55620,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55619\/revisions\/55620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}