KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine awarded a potentially huge oil and gas contract to two political supporters of Energy Secretary Rick Perry just weeks after he recommended one of them as an adviser to Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Perry endorsed his friend from Texas while representing the Trump administration at Zelenskiy’s inauguration. Perry’s nod and the contracting decision came as the alleged quid pro quo at the center of the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump was taking shape.