(Credit: Reuters/Mike Stone)
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of ExxonMobil Chairman CEO Rex Tillerson to become the nation’s top diplomat is bringing together sides that would normally cast wary eyes at each other over the role corporate America plays in public service.
Some key Senate Republicans – led by John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Mark Rubio – have pledged to cast intense scrutiny during next month’s Senate confirmation hearings on the Texas oilman for his dealing in Russia. On the other side are progressives who recoil at the idea of a State Department headed by the boss of a gigantic oil company that …read more
Source: Salon
