Rick Perry is now on the National Security Council

Rick Perry.
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Rick Perry, the secretary of energy and former governor of Texas, has been added to the National Security Council, following the removal of Stephen Bannon, President Trump's chief strategist.

Perry isn't the only high-ranking member of Trump's team to land on the principals committee — other additions announced Wednesday include U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley and Dan Coats, the national intelligence director.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.