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PHOTO: Pete Buttigieg, U.S. secretary of transportation, speaks during a news conference at the Port of Baltimore, Md., U.S., July 29, 2021.
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Pete Buttigieg, 39, spoke about wanting to have children on the campaign trail back in April 2019.

While answering questions about his views on paid family leave at a rally, he revealed that he has a \"personal stake in\" the issue.

\"We're hoping to have a little one soon, so I have a personal stake in this one, too,\" he said. \"We should have paid parental leave and find a way to have paid leave for anyone who needs caring.\"

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PHOTO: Former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, right, and his husband Chasten Buttigieg acknowledge the audience at the end of a campaign event in Milford, N.H., Feb. 10, 2010.
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Chasten Buttigieg, 32, opened up more recently about their path toward parenthood in a July interview with The Washington Post, detailing their experience getting on adoption waiting lists for babies that have been abandoned or surrendered on short notice.

The couple have had several close calls, leaving them scrambling to purchase baby essentials, before the adoptions fell through, he told the newspaper.

\"It's a really weird cycle of anger and frustration and hope,\" he said in the interview. \"You think it's finally happening and you get so excited, and then it's gone.\"

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