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Perry picked for energy secretary

By Agencies (China Daily USA) Updated: 2016-12-14 11:54

Trump also said to name congressman from Montana for secretary of interior7

Donald Trump has chosen Rick Perry to head the US Department of Energy, a source close to the president-elect said, putting him in charge of an agency he proposed eliminating during his bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.

The choice of Perry adds to the list of oil-drilling advocates skeptical about climate change whom Trump has picked for senior positions in his Cabinet, worrying environmentalists but cheering an industry eager for expansion.

The selection of Perry, who also had been mentioned as a candidate for agriculture secretary, was disclosed on Monday night after Perry met the president-elect at Trump Tower in New York.

The department is responsible for US energy policy and oversees the nation's nuclear weapons program. Perry has advocated lighter regulation on the fossil fuel industry, and has called the science around climate change "unsettled".

Perry's proposal to get rid of the Energy Department caused what has become known as his "oops" moment during a November 2011 Republican presidential candidate debate when he could not remember all of the three Cabinet-level departments he wanted to eliminate. After mentioning the departments of Commerce and Education, he said, "I can't. The third one, I can't... Sorry. Oops."

A few minutes later in the debate Perry said with a laugh, "By the way that was the Department of Energy I was reaching for a while ago."

Perry, who also briefly ran in the 2016 presidential race, would have to be confirmed by the Senate to head the Energy Department.

Perry served as governor of Texas, a leading oil-producing state, from 2000 when he succeeded President George W. Bush until 2015. In his unsuccessful presidential runs, he touted his record of job creation in the second-most-populous state.

Perry was a fierce critic of Trump last year before dropping out of the race, calling him "a cancer on conservatism" who offered "a toxic mix of demagoguery and mean-spiritedness and nonsense."

Trump also had harsh things to say about Perry during the campaign, even belittling his eyeglasses by saying, "He put on glasses so people will think he's smart."

Once Trump secured the nomination, Perry endorsed him as "the people's choice."

There were indications of a possible rocky handover for the Energy Department after Trump transition officials asked the agency for the names of employees who have worked on climate change issues. Department spokesman Eben Burnham-Snyder said on Tuesday the department will not comply and that the request had "left many in our workforce unsettled".

Trump has also offered Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke the job of interior secretary, though it's unclear whether the congressman has accepted.

That's according to two people with knowledge of the offer.

Zinke, 55, a retired Navy SEAL, was an early supporter of Trump and met with the president-elect Monday. He's been mentioned as a possible challenger to Montana's Democratic Sen. Jon Tester in 2018.

Trump was also said to be considering Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers for the interior job. She wrote on Facebook Tuesday that it was an "honor" to be invited to meet with Trump.

Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer said he hoped Perry's nomination would be blocked.

"Trump no longer has to abolish departments. He can dismantle them from within," Steyer said. "It's now up to the Senate to defend our health, our economy and our democracy by defeating this nomination."

 

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