Trump taps Rick Perry to lead department he once proposed eliminating

    Donald Trump has chosen former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head the U.S. Department of Energy, a source close to the president-elect tells Reuters, putting him in charge of an agency he proposed eliminat…


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