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Energy Secretary Steven Chu to step down

Energy Secretary Steven Chu is stepping down, the White House announced Friday.

"As a Nobel Prize winning scientist, Steve brought to the Energy Department a unique understanding of both the urgent challenge presented by climate change and the tremendous opportunity that clean energy represents for our economy," President Obama said in a statement.

Chu had come under fire for his handling of a federal loan to the failed solar company Solyndra.

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