Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson emerges as State Department frontrunner
State Department,Rex Tillerson,Politics
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President-elect Donald Trump is zeroing in on ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as his secretary of State nominee.
Tillerson had his second interview with the president-elect Saturday at Trump Tower and has emerged as the favorite in the long-running competition to lead the State Departm
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