Trump’s Energy Secretary Nominee Pledges Domestic Expansion

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, pledged on Wednesday to help unleash a major expansion in U.S. domestic energy production, including oil, LNG, and nuclear power. “The security of our nation begins with energy,” Wright said in remarks prepared for his confirmation hearing at the Energy and Natural Resources Committee today. “Previous administrations have viewed energy as a liability instead of the immense national asset that it is,” said Wright, who is the founder and CEO of…