"WASHINGTON — President Trump likes to say that people in his political orbit come straight out of central casting, “tough hombres” from far beyond the Capital Beltway ready to roil the swamp.

Increasingly, though, his cabinet is full of lobbyists.

On Friday came the latest lobbyist elevation. Out went Energy Secretary Rick Perry, the genial former governor of Texas and onetime Dancing with the Stars contestant. In came his deputy, Dan Brouillette, who spent much of his career as a senior vice president of the United Services Automobile Association, a financial services company, and at the Ford Motor Company."

Lisa Friedman reports for the New York Times October 18, 2019. [2]

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"Trump Taps Dan Brouillette to Succeed Rick Perry as Energy Secretary" (New York Times) [3]

"Trump Says He Will Nominate Deputy To Be New U.S. Energy Secretary" (Reuters) [4]