Energy Secretary Rick Perry
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“No. I’m here, I’m serving," he said when asked about a recent Politico report at a news conference in Lithuania.
“They’ve been writing the story for at least nine months now. One of these days they will probably get it right, but it’s not today, it’s not tomorrow, it’s not next month,” he added.
The Department of Energy has also denied reports of Perry’s departure.
Politico cited three sources close to Perry saying he would announce his departure next month.
The report came just days after the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee sent questions to Perry related to his travel to Ukraine amid scrutiny of the Trump administration's dealings with that country.