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Senate Confirms Rex Tillerson As Next Secretary Of State

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02.01.17 | 3:04 pm
FILE - In this Friday, March 27, 2015 file photo, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on the release of a report by the National Petroleum Council on oil drilling in the Arctic, in Washington. President-ele... FILE - In this Friday, March 27, 2015 file photo, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on the release of a report by the National Petroleum Council on oil drilling in the Arctic, in Washington. President-elect Donald Trump selected Tillerson to lead the State Department on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms Rex Tillerson, former CEO of Exxon Mobil, to be President Donald Trump’s secretary of state.

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  1. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    Senate confirms Rex Tillerson, former CEO of Exxon Mobil, to be President Donald Trump’s secretary of state.

    …who has zero government experience and zero foreign relations experience. Other than that he’s a great choice!

  2. Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), Mark Warner (Va.) and Independent Sen. Angus King (Maine) joined all Republicans in backing Trump’s nominee. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) skipped the vote.

    Oh boy

  3. Well, to be fair, at least he believes in the existence of foreign countries. That puts him ahead of most of trump’s cabinet picks so far as their suitability goes for their respective roles.

  4. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    That’s a very low bar, but I’ll give you that.

  5. Avatar for jtx jtx says:

    Well we will find out how the Capitalist run a government. About as well as Trump I suppose .

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