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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

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

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

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

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

Romney, potential U.S. secretary of state, hails Trump after dinner

EghtesadOnline: Republican Mitt Romney made an impassioned statement in support of President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday to try to erase doubts about him among Trump's supporters and remain in contention for U.S. secretary of state.
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Publish Date:30/November/2016 | 19:31

Trump adviser warns him not to pick Romney for Secretary of State

EghtesadOnline: An internal dispute among Donald Trump's advisers broke out into the open on Sunday when his campaign manager warned that the president-elect could face an intense backlash from supporters if he chose Mitt Romney to be his secretary of state.
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Publish Date:28/November/2016 | 09:30

Trump to Meet With Romney as Critic Said a Contender for State

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump plans to meet Saturday with Mitt Romney, the Republican standard-bearer in 2012 and a vocal Trump critic earlier this year, who the president-elect now is considering for the job of Secretary of State, according to a transition official.
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Publish Date:19/November/2016 | 08:25

U.S. Senate advances nomination of Tillerson as Secretary of State

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Senate advanced the nomination of former Exxon Mobil Corp Chief Executive Rex Tillerson on Monday to be President Donald Trump's secretary of state, moving closer to filling a key seat on the Republican's national security team despite partisan rancor over Trump's immigration order.
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Publish Date:31/January/2017 | 05:20

Senators Balk at Tillerson Over Putin Before He’s Nominated

EghtesadOnline: Senators signaled that President-elect Donald Trump’s leading choice for secretary of state, Exxon Mobil Corp. chief Rex Tillerson, could have trouble winning confirmation because of his ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Publish Date:12/December/2016 | 14:17