Valid, though the title on the page mentions Politico, and Reuters typically does their own write-up (which I tend to prefer) in short order after posting a stub article such as this.

Thank you for the link. This is trite but Patel is consistently pictured with a deer-in-the-headlight kind of look on his face it's pretty goofy.

He's going to pay homage to his boss' boss, it's an important career move for him.