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FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, file photo, Secretary of Energy nominee Dan Brouillette smiles during a Senate hearing on his nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Brouillette, President Donald Trump’s pick to succeed Rick Perry as energy secretary, won Senate confirmation on Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Senate approves successor to Rick Perry as energy secretary

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

Secretary of Energy nominee Dan Brouillette smiles during a Senate hearing on his nomination, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Dan Brouillette confirmed as energy secretary, replacing Rick Perry

By Ellen Kickmeyer - Associated Press

In this March 20, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks during a working lunch with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (not shown) in the Cabinet Room of the White House with Energy Secretary Rick Perry. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Thanksgiving, Rick Perry style

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 12, 2018, photo provided by the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine. Michael Bleyzer and Alex Cranberg, two political supporters of Perry, secured a potentially lucrative oil-and-gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country’s new president. (U.S. Embassy Kyiv via AP)

Rick Perry: God made Donald Trump ‘the chosen one’ to lead the U.S.

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, former national security adviser John Bolton gestures while speakings at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. They are the ghosts of the House impeachment hearings. Vice President Mike Pence. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney. And perhaps most tantalizingly, the mustachioed John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Absent witnesses close to Trump hover over impeachment

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Attorney Kwame Manley, top left, assists U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, with lawyer Robert Luskin, left, before he testifies to the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019, during a public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sondland’s opening statement at House impeachment hearing

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Secretary of Energy nominee Dan Brouillette smiles during a Senate hearing on his nomination, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Energy nominee distances himself from Ukraine investigation

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

In this Nov. 12, 2018, photo provided by the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine. Michael Bleyzer and Alex Cranberg, two political supporters of Perry, secured a potentially lucrative oil-and-gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country’s new president. (U.S. Embassy Kyiv via AP)

After boost from Perry, supporters got huge Ukraine gas deal

By DESMOND BUTLER, MICHAEL BIESECKER and STEPHEN BRAUN and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

In this Nov. 12, 2018, photo provided by the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine. Michael Bleyzer and Alex Cranberg, two political supporters of Perry, secured a potentially lucrative oil-and-gas exploration deal from the Ukrainian government soon after Perry proposed one of the men as an adviser to the country’s new president. (U.S. Embassy Kyiv via AP)

After push from Rick Perry, backers got huge gas deal in Ukraine

By Desmond Butler, Michael Biesecker, Stephen Braun and Richard Lardner - Associated Press

Correction: Trump-Perry story

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

In this Sept. 9, 2019, photo Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette is interviewed on stage at the World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. President Donald Trump says he is nominating Brouillette to replace Rick Perry in the top job at the Energy Department. Trump tweets that Brouillette’s experience in that area is “unparalleled” and calls him a “total professional.” (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell) **FILE**

Dan Brouillette, Rick Perry’s deputy, tapped by Trump for Energy Dept. post

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Energy Secretary Rick Perry gestures as he arrives on Air Force One with President Donald Trump at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy Secretary Perry says he is resigning by year’s end

By JILL COLVIN and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

In this May 30, 2019, file photo, Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks at an energy summit in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Rick Perry resigning

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This combination of Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, photos provided by the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office shows booking photos of Lev Parnas, left, and Igor Fruman. The associates of Rudy Giuliani, were arrested on a four-count indictment that includes charges of conspiracy, making false statements to the Federal Election Commission and falsification of records. The men had key roles in Giuliani's efforts to launch a Ukrainian corruption investigation against Biden and his son, Hunter. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP)

Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, indicted Rudy Giuliani associates, unknown to Donald Trump

By Dave Boyer and Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - This Aug. 1, 2018, file photo shows Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump, in Portsmouth, N.H. As Giuliani was pushing Ukrainian officials in the spring of 2019 to investigate one of Donald Trump’s main political rivals, a group of individuals with ties to the president and his personal lawyer were also active in the former Soviet Republic. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

AP’s key findings about Ukraine gas deal Trump allies sought

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and DESMOND BUTLER - Associated Press

In this Sept. 6, 2019, file photo, Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks at the California GOP fall convention in Indian Wells, Calif. Perry pushed Ukraine’s president earlier in 2019 to replace members of a key supervisory board at Naftogaz, a massive state-owned petroleum company. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

Profit, not politics: What some Trump allies did in Ukraine

By Desmond Butler, Michael Biesecker and Richard Lardner - Associated Press

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks at an energy summit hosted by Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and attended by Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon Thursday, May 30, 2019, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Rick Perry urged Trump-Ukraine call, spokeswoman says

By Ellen Knickmeyer and Alan Fram - Associated Press

FILE - In this May 9, 2019 file photo, Energy Secretary Rick Perry testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on his future budget request, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Aide: Perry pushed Trump for Ukraine call, for energy issues

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Hanford officials move nuclear waste from Columbia River

Associated Press

FILE - In this May 10, 2017, file photo provided by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, second from left, accompanied by Laboratory Director Charlie McMillan, second from right, learns about capabilities at the Los Alamos laboratory's Plutonium Facility, from Jeff Yarbrough, right, Los Alamos Associate Director for Plutonium Science and Manufacturing, in Los Alamos, N.M. Secretary Perry once again visited a site where weapons-grade plutonium is stored, and low-level radioactive material was mistakenly sent for years. Perry confirmed his team gave Gov. Steve Sisolak classified and unclassified briefings during a tour of the Nevada National Security Site Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019. (Los Alamos National Laboratory via AP, File)

Energy secretary returns to Nevada nuke site in legal fight

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press