Energy secretary says he’ll sign off on future X posts after Hormuz escort blunder

Published March 12, 2026 8:39pm ET



Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Thursday promised to personally give his department’s social media posts a final seal of approval after staffers sent out an erroneous message regarding the Iran war. 

“That is a miscommunication in our department. I take full ownership of that as the person in charge of the department. Very unfortunate. It will not happen again,” he said during a Fox News interview. 

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