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If Rick Perry thought his most embarrassing political moment was forgetting the name of the Energy Department at a 2011 presidential debate, he was wrong.
Thanks to a pair of Russian prank callers, the energy secretary has emerged as someone who doesn’t realize that he’s being tricked — even after a supposedly serious political conversation turns to the subject of pig manure.
In a recent phone conversation with Vladimir “Vovan” Kuznetsov and Alexei “Lexus” Stolyarov, Perry (who apparently believed he was speaking with Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman) discussed building a Baltic pipeline, exploring for natural gas in Ukraine and …read more
Source: Salon
