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Tillerson Says Turkey and U.S. Face Tough Choices Over Kurds

EghtesadOnline: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. and Turkey face “difficult choices” over the best way to combat the Islamic State, highlighting their stark disagreements on whether Kurdish forces should play a role in the battle to retake the jihadists’ stronghold in Syria.
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Publish Date:01/April/2017 | 17:58
“It’s getting written a lot that he’s an idiot, and he’s not an idiot.”

No Press? No Problem: Tillerson’s CEO Secrecy

EghtesadOnline: Rex Tillerson is rewriting the rules for what it means to be secretary of state. His ideas for conducting diplomacy track closely with beliefs shaped during his 40-year career at Exxon Mobil Corp., where negotiations happened behind closed doors, leaks could cost millions of dollars in shareholder value, and the press was seen as a nuisance. Case in point: Tillerson’s staff handpicked just one reporter, from the Independent Journal Review, a conservative website, to join him on his plane during his recent trip to Asia.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 07:59
“It’s getting written a lot that he’s an idiot, and he’s not an idiot.”

No Press? No Problem: Tillerson’s CEO Secrecy

EghtesadOnline: Rex Tillerson is rewriting the rules for what it means to be secretary of state. His ideas for conducting diplomacy track closely with beliefs shaped during his 40-year career at Exxon Mobil Corp., where negotiations happened behind closed doors, leaks could cost millions of dollars in shareholder value, and the press was seen as a nuisance. Case in point: Tillerson’s staff handpicked just one reporter, from the Independent Journal Review, a conservative website, to join him on his plane during his recent trip to Asia.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 07:59

Tillerson Asks Allies in Islamic State Battle to Boost Efforts

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged members of a 68-nation coalition fighting Islamic State to contribute more as the campaign evolves from a military operation to one focused on stabilizing areas freed from the terrorist group.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 07:52

Tillerson Asks Allies in Islamic State Battle to Boost Efforts

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged members of a 68-nation coalition fighting Islamic State to contribute more as the campaign evolves from a military operation to one focused on stabilizing areas freed from the terrorist group.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 07:52

Tillerson Reassures Xi on Trump Meeting in 24-Hour Beijing Trip

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used a 24-hour trip to Beijing to smooth the way for an expected meeting next month between the leaders of the world’s biggest economies, amid tensions over trade policy and North Korea.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 22:34

Tillerson Reassures Xi on Trump Meeting in 24-Hour Beijing Trip

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used a 24-hour trip to Beijing to smooth the way for an expected meeting next month between the leaders of the world’s biggest economies, amid tensions over trade policy and North Korea.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 22:34

Tillerson used email alias at Exxon to talk climate: New York attorney general

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson , the former chairman and chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp, used an alias email address while at the oil company to send and receive information related to climate change and other matters, according to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
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Publish Date:14/March/2017 | 06:21

Tillerson used email alias at Exxon to talk climate: New York attorney general

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson , the former chairman and chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp, used an alias email address while at the oil company to send and receive information related to climate change and other matters, according to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.
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Publish Date:14/March/2017 | 06:21

Zarif says had no contact with Tillerson

EghtesadOnline: According to Supreme Leader and government’s measure, Iran was in a situation that could easily ramp its nuclear program back up but its preference was continuation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said.
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Publish Date:07/March/2017 | 09:45

U.S. secretary of state to visit Japan, South Korea, China: Kyodo

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is due to visit Japan, South Korea and China this month to discuss North Korea on his first trip to the region since he took up his post, Japanese media reported on Saturday.
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Publish Date:04/March/2017 | 05:32
Rex Tillerson’s effectiveness depends on his shedding some of the instincts that led to his hire.

Has Trump Already Sidelined His Secretary of State?

EghtesadOnline: After meeting Donald Trump for the first time, in New York on Dec. 6, Rex Tillerson told his wife, Renda, that the president-elect had offered him the job of secretary of state. Tillerson had spent his entire 41-year career at Exxon Mobil Corp., the previous decade as chief executive officer.
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Publish Date:02/March/2017 | 13:31

Tillerson Forced to Stay at Sanitarium in German Village for G-20

EghtesadOnline: On his first trip abroad as U.S. secretary of state, Rex Tillerson was forced to stay at a sanitarium in a German village known for its hot springs, 30 minutes from where other world leaders gathered. Diplomatic security agents mingled in the parking lot with elderly people in wheelchairs arriving for spa treatments.
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Publish Date:16/February/2017 | 20:34

U.S. Senate panel clears Tillerson's path to be secretary of state

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, former Exxon Mobil Corp Chairman Rex Tillerson , narrowly won approval from a Senate committee on Monday, but is expected to be confirmed by the full Senate.
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Publish Date:24/January/2017 | 05:16

Secretary of State nominee Tillerson veers from Trump on key issues

EghtesadOnline: Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson expressed views on Wednesday at odds with President-elect Donald Trump's positions on key foreign policy issues like nuclear proliferation, trade deals, climate change and relations with Mexico.
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Publish Date:12/January/2017 | 09:01

Tillerson Ethics Plan Foreshadows Knotty Trump Confirmations

EghtesadOnline: Rex Tillerson ’s disclosure that he stands to receive a $180 million cash payout from Exxon Mobil Corp. if he becomes the next U.S. secretary of state offers a preview of the thorny ethical questions that may be raised this week over a presidential cabinet stacked with wealthy tycoons.
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Publish Date:08/January/2017 | 13:36

Exxon Mobil, Tillerson agree to cut all ties

EghtesadOnline: Exxon Mobil Corp and Rex Tillerson agreed to sever all ties to comply with conflict-of-interest requirements as the company's former chairman and chief executive awaits confirmation as U.S. secretary of state.
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Publish Date:04/January/2017 | 05:22