Perry Plays Down Talk of Departure as Ukraine Inquiry Heats Up

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said he’s staying put in his job for the time being and had no plans -- “not today, not tomorrow“ -- to leave.

Perry’s relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump, which has been solid, took a hit last week when the president told Republican lawmakers that it was Perry who’d urged him to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a phone call that’s now at the center of a Democratic impeachment inquiry.