Senate committee approves Tillerson for secretary of state

[NRaleighLiberal]

Source: CNN

(CNN)
Former ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson won the backing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Monday to be secretary of state when it voted 11-10 to send his nomination to the full Senate.

Sen. Marco Rubio was a long hold-out and potential "no" vote after he raised concerns about Tillerson's views toward Russia and human rights. But the Florida Republican announced earlier Monday that he would support the nomination. If Rubio had voted no, it could have stalled Tillerson, although GOP leaders planned to move his nomination to the floor regardless.

A final confirmation vote by the full Senate is expected next week, according to leadership aides from each party. Monday's committee vote split along party lines, with Republicans backing Trump's nominee and Democrats opposing.

During the vote, Rubio said he still had reservations about Tillerson, but looked favorably on the Texan's support for NATO and his recognition that "Russia's claims on Crimea are illegitimate." Rubio said he came around to supporting the nominee because "given the uncertainty that exists both at home and abroad about the direction of our foreign policy, it would be against our national interests to have this confirmation unnecessarily delayed or embroiled in controversy."

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[GP6971]

1. Damn

Wonder that will do to their stock price?

[Solly Mack]

2. Of course

[hells]

3. Nothing new in trumpland

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Rubio is such an airhead

inability to delay is the same logic that got us to invade Iraq

[JudyM]

9. Excellent point.

[DK504]

15. You're being very kind to him.

There's a lot of names I am right now about this idiot.

[greatauntoftriplets]

5. Looks like the committee voted along party lines.

Good.

[Renew Deal]

6. Rubio is a wimp

That's why Little Marco got destroyed by Trump

[Judi Lynn]

7. Monsters. Perverts.

[sarcasmo]

8. Russian sanctions lifted by spring. 500 billion dollar oil deal, drill idiots drill.

[CentralMass]

10. The entire damn cabinet will be rubber stamped.

[Initech]

11. Let the looting begin!

[Pachamama]

12. With this single vote, Marco Rubio will never see the White House or be called Mr President

He will always be "Little Marco"...

[bdamomma]

13. oh boy

Tillerson is not qualified for that fact none of them are. Crap, geez can't the Congress listen to us? Party over Country of course.

[bdamomma]

14. you know this man

is despicable too. Exon Mobil oil flows through his veins. He knows about climate change, and continues to choke on his money.

I think he said something like people will adapt to climate change. They have no regard to human life, or the earth.

http://blog.ucsusa.org/erika-spanger-siegfried/rex-tillerson-and-well-adapt-to-climate-change-millionaire-oilmen-say-the-darndest-things

Just a snip:

Rex Tillerson and “We’ll Adapt” to Climate Change: Millionaire Oilmen Say the Darndest Things

People tell me that Rex Tillerson stands a good chance of being confirmed as Secretary of State this month. In the spirit of not going quietly, Senators should press him on many fronts, not least his statements about climate change adaptation. When Rex Tillerson says we’ll just have to adapt to climate change—whether it’s hubris, ignorance, or deception talking—it’s a dangerous view. It’s playing with other people’s lives.

When I first heard it—Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State—I thought, good one! Wait, wait: Slender Man for Health and Human Services. Kanye for Dalai Lama. Willy Wonka to draft USDA Dietary Guidelines.

Rex Tillerson? The man who for 40 years served and eventually led Exxon Mobil? Who was there when the corporation came to understand the science and risks of climate change and worked, not to sound the alarm and contribute to solutions, but to ensure that doubt about the science became pervasive and that society wasted that time doing nothing? Who oversaw such activity?

And now that we can never get that time back, and Exxon Mobil has used that time to grow to be one of the world’s most profitable corporations, he talks about how our species thrives on adversity and should just adapt to climate change? And he continues to undercut climate models, downplay climate impacts, and mock renewable energy? That guy?