"The former Texas governor Rick Perry, who could not remember the name of the Department of Energy when listing those he would scrap as president, has emerged as a leading candidate to lead it under Donald Trump, a transition official said on Sunday.

Perry’s proposal to scrap the energy department caused what has gone down in history as his “oops” moment, during a November 2011 Republican debate.

“It’s three agencies of government when I get there that are gone,” he said. “Commerce, education and the, um, what’s the third one there? Let’s see.”"

Steve Holland reports for Reuters December 11, 2016. [2]