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In a statement released Wednesday morning by Donald Trump's transition team, the president-elect has picked former Texas Governor Rick Perry to be secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy.

Freshman Rep. Ryan Zinke is reported to be Donald Trump's pick to head the interior department. If confirmed, he would oversee the management of more than 500 million acres of federal public lands.

Rachel Martin talks to Dana Perino, former White House press secretary under George W. Bush, about what she thinks Donald Trump should be looking for when he chooses a person for the job.

Reports from eastern Aleppo have described horrific bloodshed as the Syrian regime and its allies overpower rebel forces. A cease-fire is supposed to allow tens of thousands of people to evacuate.

GOP leaders hope to deliver a bill by Inauguration Day that repeals the Affordable Care Act. But budget veterans say even the quickest attempt would take a week or two longer, and maybe months.

The situation Pompeo now faces would test the savviest politician: If confirmed, he will go to work for a president who is openly feuding with the agency he's preparing to run.

Tuesday, there was word of a cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey. It appears to have fallen apart and plans to evacuate residents have stalled. People inside Aleppo describe the situation to NPR.

The Syrian leader is in his strongest position in years. He can claim control of the biggest cities, but the rebels are still a threat in the countryside and the Islamic State holds eastern Syria.

In a meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council, commission chief Yasmin Sooka reported murder and rape on an "epic" scale. "We are running out of adjectives to describe the horror," she said.

Craig Silverman of BuzzFeed News has spent years studying media inaccuracy. He explains how false stories during the presidential campaign were spread on Facebook and monetized by Google AdSense.