OPINION: Why Rex Tillerson would be a disaster as Secretary of State
Rex Tillerson,State Department,Politics
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On Tuesday morning, after a weekend of anonymously-sourced winks and nudges, President-elect Trump formally announced that he will nominate ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be the next Secretary of State.
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