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Rick Perry Said to Be Trump’s Top Candidate for Energy Secretary
Jennifer Jacobs and Jennifer A Dlouhy
December 11, 2016

Donald Trump has narrowed his search for energy secretary to four people, with former Texas Governor Rick Perry the leading candidate.

People familiar with the president-elect’s selection process said two Democratic senators from energy-producing states -- Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Manchin of West Virginia -- are also in the mix, along with Ray Washburne, a Dallas investor and former chairman of the Republican National Committee.

If Trump picks any of the four he will break with recent tradition of putting scientists at the top of the Energy Department. Among other things, the agency is responsible for policies on the safe handling of nuclear material.

 

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It's Official: Trump Taps Exxon Mobile CEO, Putin Ally Rex Tillerson For Secretary of State

 

President-elect Donald Trump has officially chosen Exxon Mobile CEO Rex Tillerson to become the next Secretary of State. He is originally from Wichita Falls, Texas and has been in the oil business for four decades.

 

"Rex Tillerson’s career is the embodiment of the American dream. Through hard work, dedication and smart deal making, Rex rose through the ranks to become CEO of ExxonMobil, one of the world’s largest and most respected companies. His tenacity, broad experience and deep understanding of geopolitics make him an excellent choice for Secretary of State. He will promote regional stability and focus on the core national security interests of the United States," Trump released in a statement.

 

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2016/12/13/its-official-trump-n2259213

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Trump Chooses Rick Perry For Secretary of Energy

 

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former Texas governor and GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry as Secretary of Energy.

 

Perry was a staunch opponent of Trump in the GOP primary, calling him a "cancer on conservative," but issued full support once Trump was declared the nominee.

 

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2016/12/13/rick-perry-chosen-as-secretary-of-energy-n2259237

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The remaining places in Trump's inner circle

 

 

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-remaining-places-in-trumps-inner-circle/article/2609457

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Trump picks former Bush aide for counterterror adviser
Ben Kamisar
12/27/16

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a national security aide to former President George W. Bush as his counterterrorism adviser.

Tom Bossert, who served as Bush's deputy homeland security adviser, will join Trump's White House as the assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism.

That role will be expanded under the Trump administration, according to a news release announcing the appointment, to give Bossert an "independent status alongside the National Security Advisor."

 

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Trump Chooses Rick Perry For Secretary of Energy

 

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen former Texas governor and GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry as Secretary of Energy.

 

Perry was a staunch opponent of Trump in the GOP primary, calling him a "cancer on conservative," but issued full support once Trump was declared the nominee.

 

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2016/12/13/rick-perry-chosen-as-secretary-of-energy-n2259237

 

Abolish the Department of Energy

When former Texas governor Rick Perry ran for president in 2012, he promised he'd abolish the U.S. Department of Energy (at least when he could remember it). Liberals wrote this off as typical conservative stupidity.

 

Why would anyone want to abolish the DOE? According to one liberal commentator, it was because the department "was established during Jimmy Carter's administration and it perhaps sounds like it might have something to do with solar panels."

 

Jimmy Carter created it, all right, but solar panels were only a symptom of the real problem. The DOE was conceived in dark and pessimistic beliefs and forecasts that have proven totally wrong. As Obama might say, the DOE is on the wrong side of history. As it stands the department needs to either be rethought or retired.

 

More @ Washington Examiner

Posted by

Brock Townsend at Thursday, December 29, 2016

https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2016/12/abolish-department-of-energy.html

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The Purpose of Charter Schools

3 ways charters reform and improve district-level schools.

By Chester Finn, Jr., Bruno V. Manno and Brandon Wright

May 8, 2017, at 1:00 p.m.

City Academy High School in St. Paul, Minnesota, will celebrate a milestone in September: 25 years as the nation's first charter school. During that quarter century, charter school growth has been remarkable. Today, 44 states and Washington, D.C. contain some 7,000 of these independently operated public schools, serving nearly 3 million students. Remarkably, charters account for the entire growth in U.S. K–12 public school enrollments since 2006.

Confusion abounds among educators and the broader public about the purpose of charter schools and how these independent public schools relate to school district improvement efforts. A mainline view sees them "as the research and development arm" of K-12 public education, crediting Albert Shanker, former leader of the American Federation of Teachers, with most fully envisioning this perspective. Yes, Shanker endorsed this approach, but that hardly exhausts what he – and others – thought about chartering more than 25 years ago when chartering was hatched.