In 2013, Rex Tillerson flew to Baghdad for a rescue mission: to save Exxon Mobil’s access to some of the world’s largest deposits of oil.That trip to meet then-Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki came more than a year after the Exxon CEO had enraged Baghdad by signing a deal with the Kurdish regional government to drill in the smaller — but financially lucrative — oil fields in the northern part of the country. Tillerson, now President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, ultimately succeeded in what one former U.S. official described as a “colorful dance,” quelling the anger in …read more
Source: POLITICO – U.S. Edition
