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April 18, 2019

Energy Secretary Rick Perry Reportedly Planning to Resign
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Bloomberg News is reporting that former Texas Republican Governor Rick
Perry is planning to leave his post as secretary of the Department of
Energy, where he worked to speed coal, oil, gas and nuclear production
while slashing federal funds for research and development into renewable
energy. In 2012, Perry infamously forgot the name of the Department of
Energy as he proposed abolishing three federal agencies during a
Republican presidential debate. He was later tapped by President Trump
to lead one of the agencies he wanted to do away with.


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