"My last question for you is there was the X post the other day that came from the Department of Energy that talked about a ship safely going through the Strait of Hormuz. That wasn't true. It caused a lot of market disruption, people lost some money. That tweet was deleted. As the secretary of energy, what have you done to make sure that that doesn't happen again?"
"Yes, I will. And yeah, that is a miscommunication in our department. I take full ownership of that as the person in charge of the department. Very unfortunate. It will not happen again."
Energy Secretary Chris Wright faced questioning from Fox News' Dana Perino regarding a deleted tweet from the Department of Energy claiming the U.S. Navy had escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz. The tweet, posted Tuesday amid U.S. military operations against Iran, was later confirmed false by multiple outlets and the White House press secretary. The false claim caused market disruption and financial losses. During Thursday's interview, Wright acknowledged the error as a departmental miscommunication, took full ownership as department head, and committed to personally approving future posts to prevent similar incidents.
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