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Energy Secretary Rick Perry expected to resign next month: report

By John Bowden - 10/03/19 08:12 PM EDT
 

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is expected to announce his resignation next month, Politico reported Thursday night.

The White House did not immediately confirm Politico's reporting when emailed for comment by The Hill. Three sources close to Perry told Politico that Perry was planning an announcement in November.

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https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/464326-energy-secretary-rick-perry-expected-to-resign-next-month-report
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Re: Energy Secretary Rick Perry expected to resign next month: report
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2019, 12:29:25 am »
 :facepalm2:

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« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2019, 12:48:32 am »
@corbe

Appears Trump officials are jumping ship.  Also, appears Ukraine is everywhere in this government.  Didn't think much about that phone call, but now we have blossoming union being unfolded strip by strip.  Totally surprised with each strip and this one is Perry.

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Re: Energy Secretary Rick Perry expected to resign next month: report
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2019, 01:05:52 am »
He's in Schiff's sights.....apparently he visited Russia Ukraine

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The Energy 202: Rick Perry's role in Ukraine under scrutiny
Washington Post, Oct 3, 2019

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Energy secretaries “do get involved from time to time on diplomatic issues,” said Susan Tierney, a former assistant secretary for policy at the Energy Department under Obama.

Curbing Eastern and Central European countries' dependence on Russia for electricity and heating fuel was “very early on a priority” for the Trump administration, according to George David Banks, a former Trump White House energy policy adviser. Given Perry's happy-go-lucky charm — and the fact that former secretary of state Rex Tillerson was recused from dealing with several energy issues because of his previous job as ExxonMobil's chief executive — it made sense for Perry to work on Ukraine, Banks said.

“He’s a natural-born diplomat,” Banks said.

Ukraine, rich with its own natural gas reserves, does not import gas from the United States, unlike some Eastern European nations such as Poland and Lithuania. But it does take in and burn American coal — about 4.8 million tons of it in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Most of that U.S.-to-Ukraine-bound coal is of a special grade often used in manufacturing steel, a major industry in Ukraine. The United States is only one of a few coal-exporting countries that has that type of coal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/10/03/the-energy-202-rick-perry-s-role-in-ukraine-under-scrutiny/5d94c53788e0fa50a6e1be4d/




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Re: Energy Secretary Rick Perry expected to resign next month: report
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2019, 01:08:29 am »
@corbe

 Also, appears Ukraine is everywhere in this government. 

Actually, Ukraine was everywhere in the last government, DOJ, FBI and CIA.

This government is finding out why.



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« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2019, 01:10:36 am »
   

        Perhaps the maestro turned in his baton too soon @Victoria33
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Re: Energy Secretary Rick Perry expected to resign next month: report
« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2019, 01:26:56 am »
Perry's been there a long time.

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« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2019, 01:32:33 am »
    I don't know about yall but I miss the weekly Infrastructure Week.
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Re: Energy Secretary Rick Perry expected to resign next month: report
« Reply #8 on: October 04, 2019, 01:33:46 am »
Perry's been there a long time.
@Sanguine

Perry came in shortly after Trump came in and chose him for Energy Secretary.
And Trump sent him to Ukraine earlier this year right after their new president came in.  There is that Ukraine thing again.

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« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2019, 01:35:43 am »
@Sanguine

Perry came in shortly after Trump came in and chose him for Energy Secretary.
And Trump sent him to Ukraine earlier this year right after their new president came in.  There is that Ukraine thing again.

What Ukraine thing is that? 

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« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2019, 01:40:06 am »
   Ukraine is a significant player in the World Energy Market, particularly to the EU.  It could have been Legit meeting.
   Perry WAS Al Gores Texas Campaign Chair so he is prone to doing stupid $hit, at times, so there's that.
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« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2019, 01:44:19 am »
   Ukraine is a significant player in the World Energy Market, particularly to the EU.  It could have been Legit meeting.
   Perry WAS Al Gores Texas Campaign Chair so he is prone to doing stupid $hit, at times, so there's that.

I would assume legit before I would go to nefarious.

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« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2019, 01:48:34 am »
   I'm sure his buddy Tillerson told him to just lay low and you won't have to rent a HazMat suit for your exit.  I trust Perry will take his advice.
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