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13 Nov 2017, 6:04 am
Two prominent GOP lawmakers are pressing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for an explicit timeline detailing when senior State Department officials first received evidence that sonic attacks in Cuba had occurred. [read post]
21 Nov 2017, 9:10 am
State Department officials accused Secretary of State Rex Tillerson of violating the Child Soldiers Prevention Act by not listing Afghanistan, Iraq and Myanmar as countries that enlist children, Reuters reported. [read post]
23 Feb 2017, 9:59 am
Bush administration and an outspoken critic of Trump, is Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s preferred choice to fill the role of director of policy planning at the State Department. [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 12:09 pm
For the first time in nearly two months, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke to the press today in a news conference in Tokyo to discuss North Korea, saying that the United States needed a “different approach,” according to the New York Times. [read post]
15 Mar 2017, 11:33 am
Meanwhile, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has touched down in Tokyo, where he will grapple with concerns over North Korea’s the missile tests and increasing provocations, CNN informs us. [read post]
12 Jul 2018, 11:00 am
Using language that has since been widely publicized, current Defense Secretary Jim Mattis testified in 2013 before Congress that the State Department needs to be as fully funded as Congress believes appropriate, because if you don’t fund the State Department fully then I need to buy more ammunition ultimately … The more that we put into the State Department’s diplomacy, hopefully the less we have [read post]
13 Feb 2017, 11:05 am
Abrams was Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s pick for the key position and was the leading choice for the post, based on his knowledge of the State Department and Washington foreign policy bureaucracy. [read post]
13 Mar 2017, 10:45 am
The Japan Times informs us that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who has kept a relatively low profile since assuming leadership of the State Department, plans to visit Japan, South Korea, and China to discuss North Korea in his first official trip to the region. [read post]
15 Dec 2016, 10:11 am
ICYMI: Yesterday, on Lawfare Ellen Scholl provided a new edition of Hot Commodities, this time featuring analysis from an energy perspective of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson’s nomination as Secretary of State. [read post]
2 Feb 2017, 9:30 pm
Senate voted 56-43 to confirm Rex Tillerson—who lacks traditional government experience, but who oversaw operations on six continents as chief executive officer of Exxon Mobile—as Secretary of State, with the Senate casting more votes against Tillerson than the body has ever cast against previous Secretary of State nominees. [read post]
19 Feb 2018, 9:01 pm
” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson expanded on this position, suggesting that Syrians might bring these chemical weapons “to our shore [which] is a direct threat to the American people. [read post]
1 Apr 2017, 1:10 pm
Because this White House seems to prize loyalty to President Trump above all else—and has blocked senior appointments sought by cabinet members like Secretary of State Rex Tillerson when the nominee was thought insufficiently Trumpist—Rosenstein will have to affirmatively prove that he is willing to aggressively and independently go after a key Trump ally. [read post]
