Rick Perry On The Issues

ddixon@politico.com (Darius Dixon), Politico
Thu, 01/19/2017 - 3:19am

Rick Perry will face a hodgepodge of bureaucratic and national security challenges if he is confirmed to run the Energy Department. The 66-year-old former Texas governor will be in charge of an aging nuclear weapons arsenal, basic science and decades-old Cold War era cleanup programs that will test his management skills.

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