"None of the people said Wright, a former Colorado fracking executive and outspoken advocate for Trump's pro-fossil fuel policies, is in immediate danger of losing his job. But they said relations have clearly soured between Trump's inner circle and Wright, who arrived in D.C. with a senior team similarly drawn from the private sector instead of MAGA politics. It just seems so messy right now, said one person familiar with the dynamic between Wright and the White House. I don't know how much longer he's got."
"The officer, Adm. Alvin Holsey, is leaving his job as head of the U.S. Southern Command, which oversees all operations in Central and South America, even as the Pentagon has rapidly built up some 10,000 forces in the region in what it says is a major counterdrug and counterterrorism mission. It was unclear why Admiral Holsey is suddenly departing, less than a year into what is typically a three-year job, and in the midst of the biggest operation in his 37-year career."
Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a former Colorado fracking executive, is experiencing mounting friction with the White House over plans to cancel Biden-era clean energy grants. Staff complained that Wright was slow to inform White House officials and defended industry interests seeking to preserve some funding, creating conflict over grant revocations and souring relations with the administration's inner circle. Separately, Adm. Alvin Holsey is abruptly leaving his post as head of U.S. Southern Command after less than a year amid a rapid buildup of roughly 10,000 forces for a major counterdrug and counterterrorism mission. Officials said Holsey had raised concerns about the mission.
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