JUDY WOODRUFF: It’s a post first officially held by Thomas Jefferson. The secretary of state is America’s top diplomat.
Today, President-elect Trump tapped the CEO of the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas company for the job.
So, who is Rex Tillerson, and what does the pick tell us about the Trump agenda?
We’re joined now by John Hamre. He is the president and CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a thank tank in Washington, D.C., where Tillerson is a member of the board of trustees. Hamre served as deputy secretary of defense during the Clinton administration. Nicholas Burns …read more
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