Posted by on June 25, 2019 4:17 am
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President Donald Trump’s cabinet is under siege—mired in scandal and under fire for controversial policy moves or dicey ethical missteps. Several department chiefs are facing the prospect of investigations or withering congressional testimony. Others are facing demands from Democratic lawmakers to resign.

And then there is Rick Perry, Secretary of the Department of Energy, who has managed a relatively stable existence amidst a dumpster fire of scandal that surrounds him. 

The former Texas governor and two-time presidential candidate was among the more curious of the Trump hires, tasked with leading a department whose mission he seemed to not understand. More than two years into his tenure, however, he has been so under the radar that many in Washington seem to have forgotten that he is still around at all. 

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