Trump Picks Perry to Lead Energy Department He Once Vowed to Kill

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Politico, Dec 13, 2016.

Note:
(a) It is 1 pm EST, Tuesday, Dec 13. Google pegs the above news "1 hour ago."  There is no need to read the text. Several days ago, it was reported that Rick was under consideration for that post.
(2) Former governor Rick Perry competed in 2012 Republican primary for president. In a debate he forgot which of three departments of federal government he wants to abolish. See Rick Perry presidential campaign, 2012
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry_presidential_campaign,_2012
("At the November 9, 2011, Republican debate, Perry began a fiery statement about his platform, pledging to eliminate three government agencies as part of his policy to cut federal spending, but after naming the Departments of Education and Commerce, was unable to remember the name of the third agency, eventually declaring 'I can't. The third one, I can't. Sorry. Oops.' A few minutes later, Perry said that the agency he had been trying to think of to eliminate was the Department of Energy")