Carter Said to Be Leading Contender for Energy Secretary

Bloomberg: Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is the leading candidate to replace Steven Chu as energy secretary in President Barack Obama's second term, according to two people familiar with the matter. Carter, 58, a physicist, would be part of the core administration team overseeing energy and environmental policy, according to the people, who requested anonymity to discuss personnel matters. Chu, 64, a Nobel Prize winning physicist, may announce his departure from the administration this week,...

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