Economics

Rick Perry Adds to Policy Shop Ahead of Likely 2016 Campaign

The Republican is gaining senior-level advisers in the areas of health care, economics, and foreign policy, a person familiar with the plans says.

Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit April 17, 2015 in Nashua, New Hampshire.

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Rick Perry is beefing up his policy shop.

The likely Republican presidential candidate's political action committee, RickPAC, will announce new staff hires as early as Monday, including senior-level advisers in the areas of health care, economics, and foreign policy, a person familiar with the plans told Bloomberg.