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2 days ago · Rick Perry. James Richard Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of energy from 2017 to 2019 in the administration of Donald Trump. He previously served as the 47th governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015 and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for President of the United ...
1 day ago · During Rick Perry's years as governor, Black was frequently part of his entourage. Early on, he was Perry's press secretary, and later he was Perry's communications director. He was deputy communications director for Perry's failed bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
1 day ago · He won office twice as the state comptroller and in 1998 ran for lieutenant governor against Rick Perry — his onetime dormmate when the pair were A&M undergraduates. Sharp narrowly lost the race, and with the Republican Party ascendant, his future in electoral politics was dim.
5 days ago · Perry won re-election in 2006, and Friedman finished last. He did not give up politics, however, and unsuccessfully ran for state agriculture commissioner as a Democrat in 2010 and 2014.
1 day ago · Queen’s indictment and forthcoming trial comes as part of the Department of Justice’s larger probe into sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention. A New York grand jury indicted Queen on one count of obstruction of justice through falsification of records relating to an alleged act of sexual abuse by a former seminary student, Christian Flores.
2 days ago · Rick Perry is the longest-serving governor, having assumed the governorship in 2000 upon the exit of George W. Bush, who resigned to take office as the 43rd president of the United States. Perry was elected in 2002 and he was re-elected in 2006 and 2010 serving for 14 years before choosing to retire in 2014.
18 hours ago · In February 2009, Texas Governor Rick Perry announced a program called "Operation Border Star Contingency Plan" to safeguard the border if the Zetas carried out their threats to attack U.S. security officers. This project included the use of tanks, airplanes and the National Guard "as a preventive measure upon the possible collapse of the ...
