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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsbob corker just let us know that trump just met tillerson about a month ago....
so....who suggested rex tillerson might be a good sos ?
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bob corker just let us know that trump just met tillerson about a month ago.... (Original Post)
spanone
Jan 2017
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asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)1. Well Corker..then you too are part of the problem -
But, then, we already knew you really don't give a ratsass about the American people..just lining your pockets..follow the money..my new mantra..
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)2. I recall reading that Bob Gates recommended Tillerson to DJT.
Let me do some research on that.
spanone
(135,861 posts)3. maybe so, he introduced him to the panel this am....thanks
spanone
(135,861 posts)5. i just found it...scarier than i thought
Tillerson was recommended to Trump by former secretaries of state Condoleezza Rice and James Baker and former Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, sources told CNN.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/12/politics/donald-trump-rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state-exxonmobil-ceo/
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)6. Here's what I found:
Mr. Gates, whose consulting firm has represented Exxon Mobil, said that senators concerned about Mr. Tillersons relationship with Mr. Putin are basing their criticism on a superficial watching of video clips of the Exxon executive receiving the Russian Order of Friendship in 2013 with Mr. Putin.
"Mr. Gates said he recommended Mr. Tillerson to the president-elect because he is someone with decades of experience negotiating with foreign leaders."
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/rex-tillerson-secretary-state-trump.html?_r=0
"Mr. Gates said he recommended Mr. Tillerson to the president-elect because he is someone with decades of experience negotiating with foreign leaders."
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/rex-tillerson-secretary-state-trump.html?_r=0
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,191 posts)4. His drinking buddy, of course.
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