Two people close to the transition team said President-elect Donald Trump has picked former presidential candidate Perry to head the Energy Department, an agency whose name he forgot during a 2011 GOP primary debate even as he vowed to abolish it.
Perry is likely to shift the department away from renewable energy and toward fossil fuels, whose production he championed as Texas governor while serving for 14 years.
Two people close to the transition team said President-elect Donald Trump has picked former presidential candidate Perry to head the Energy Department, an agency whose name he forgot during a 2011 GOP primary debate even as he vowed to abolish it.
Perry is likely to shift the department away from renewable energy and toward fossil fuels, whose production he championed as Texas governor while serving for 14 years.
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