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Trump selects Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright to be energy secretary

By Zach LaChance, Callie Patteson
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President-elect Donald Trump picked Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright to be the secretary of the Department of Energy on Saturday as a slew of high-level Cabinet picks have come in over the past week.

In a statement from the Trump-Vance transition team, Trump said Wright will serve both as secretary of the DOE and as a member of the newly created Council of National Energy.

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