Headline Roundup December 13, 2016
Trump Taps Rick Perry for Energy
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Perry will now lead a federal agency he doesn’t think should exist.
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Trump Picks Rick Perry As Energy Secretary
The Daily Caller
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President-elect Donald Trump will pick former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head the Department of Energy (DOE), according to two transition team sources.
Rick Perry, who said he wants to scrap Energy Dept., may lead it
USA TODAY
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President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to serve as secretary of Energy. The former GOP presidential hopeful beat out two contenders for the Cabinet post: Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat representing West Virginia, and Ray Washburne, a Dallas investor working in oil and gas operations.
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