US Energy Secretary Chu to resign

Stepping down: Energy Secretary Steven Chu to resign

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Luke Johnson

 01 February 2013 17:37 GMT

US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced his resignation on Friday as President Barack Obama continues to revamp his cadre of top energy advisors.

Chu's resignation, which was expected, follows the announced departures of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa Jackson. Salazar will leave at the end of March and Jackson will go in the middle of this month.

In a letter to Energy Department employees, Chu said he would stay on at least until the end of February.

"I may stay beyond that time so that I can leave the Department in the hands of the new Secretary," he wrote in the lengthy letter.

"Serving the country as Secretary of Energy,…

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