
The Senate confirmed David Turk to be deputy secretary of energy on Tuesday, voting 98-2 to install the former Obama official and Biden staffer as the Department of Energy’s No. 2. Only Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) voted no. Turk was most recently deputy executive director of the International Energy Agency. He served in the Obama administration’s State and Energy departments, working on climate issues and the New Start nuclear arms-control treaty with Russia. Before Obama was…