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Senator McCain says has 'concerns' about Tillerson nomination

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's choice for Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson , will have to explain his relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin at his confirmation hearing, senior Republican senator John McCain said on Thursday.
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Publish Date:30/December/2016 | 06:05

What Could Trip Up Tillerson on Capitol Hill: A Viewer’s Guide

EghtesadOnline: When Rex Tillerson visits Capitol Hill next month for his confirmation hearings, senators will weigh two competing questions: Are his close ties to Russia disqualifying? Or do his years as the globe-trotting, deal-making chief executive for Exxon Mobil Corp. merit making him the top U.S. diplomat?
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Publish Date:15/December/2016 | 07:42

Kissinger at 93 Expounds on Rex Tillerson , ‘One-China’ and Trump

EghtesadOnline: Henry Kissinger, the 93-year-old foreign policy guru to world leaders, isn’t slowing down. On Wednesday he weighed in on Donald Trump’s pick of Exxon Mobil Corp. chief Rex Tillerson as the top U.S. diplomat, the importance of the ‘One-China’ policy and the president-elect’s decision to take a phone call from Taiwan’s leader.
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Publish Date:15/December/2016 | 07:25

Senate fight looms after Trump taps Exxon CEO as top U.S. diplomat

EghtesadOnline: President-elect Donald Trump named the head of Exxon Mobil Corp, Rex Tillerson , as his choice for U.S. secretary of state on Tuesday and won backing from some Republican foreign policy figures ahead of a possible Senate fight over the oilman's ties to Russia.
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Publish Date:14/December/2016 | 11:07

Big Oil Gets a Huge Role in Trump's Administration

EghtesadOnline: Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court broke up John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil in 1911, the energy industry has been at loggerheads with the federal government. Now it is the government -- or may be if Exxon Mobil Corp. Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson is confirmed as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state.
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Publish Date:14/December/2016 | 08:33

Gates and Rice Quick to Back Longtime Client Tillerson for State

EghtesadOnline: Almost as soon as President-elect Donald Trump nominated Exxon Mobil chief Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, two well-respected veterans of the Republican foreign policy establishment, Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates, stepped forward with praise for the selection.
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Publish Date:13/December/2016 | 20:35

Critics ask if Tillerson can turn from corporate to national interest

EghtesadOnline: The central question facing Exxon Mobil Corp. chief executive Rex Tillerson if he becomes U.S. secretary of state is whether a life-long oil man with close ties to Russia can pivot from advancing corporate interests to serving the national interest.
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Publish Date:11/December/2016 | 20:38

Rex Tillerson Exposes Trump's Greatest Weakness

EghtesadOnline: Since being fired by President Donald Trump as secretary of state, Rex Tillerson has kept a very low profile. But on Thursday night in Houston, Tillerson broke that silence in a big way.
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Publish Date:09/December/2018 | 11:56

State Department Calls Trump Drug-Interdiction Remarks Unhelpful

EghtesadOnline: A senior State Department official said that President Donald Trump’s remarks about cutting aid to countries that allow drugs into the U.S. was unhelpful, exposing anew the rift that’s emerged between the White House and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson ’s agency.
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Publish Date:04/February/2018 | 10:23

Mexico Says U.S. Ties Better Than Ever -- And Credits Tillerson

EghtesadOnline: Given all the tension U.S. President Donald Trump has fomented with Mexico over the border wall and immigration, it was surprising to hear the country’s foreign minister say ties are better than they’ve been for a long time.
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Publish Date:03/February/2018 | 15:02

Iran: US leaders 'ignorant', Tillerson remarks 'deceptive'

EghtesadOnline: Iran has lashed out at "impudent, deceptive and interventionist" remarks of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson about what he called the need for the Iranian people to take back control of their government.
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Publish Date:28/October/2017 | 15:21

Anti-Daesh fighters waiting for nobody’s order: Zarif

EghtesadOnline: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says those forces who are fighting against Daesh terrorists have never been waiting for anybody’s order to defend their homeland.
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Publish Date:24/October/2017 | 13:10

Anti-Daesh fighters waiting for nobody’s order: Zarif

EghtesadOnline: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says those forces who are fighting against Daesh terrorists have never been waiting for anybody’s order to defend their homeland.
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Publish Date:24/October/2017 | 13:10

Tillerson Makes Unannounced Visits to Afghanistan and Iraq

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made surprise visits to Afghanistan and Iraq on Monday, meeting with the two nations’ leaders as he seeks to establish a stronger alliance against Iran and pursue the Trump administration’s new strategy to fight the Taliban.
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Publish Date:24/October/2017 | 05:39

Tillerson Makes Unannounced Visits to Afghanistan and Iraq

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made surprise visits to Afghanistan and Iraq on Monday, meeting with the two nations’ leaders as he seeks to establish a stronger alliance against Iran and pursue the Trump administration’s new strategy to fight the Taliban.
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Publish Date:24/October/2017 | 05:39