Rex W. Tillerson, C.E.O of Exxon Mobil, will face tough questions from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during his confirmation hearing for Secretary of State. The Committee will carefully examine Tillerson’s track record. There are several concerns, which include Exxon Mobils’s business in Iraq and its ties to Russia.
Critics question whether Exxon Mobil’s business with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) conformed to US law and policy. The KRG and Exxon Mobil signed a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) to develop six exploration blocks in Iraqi Kurdistan on October 18, 2011. Though Baghdad objected, Article 115 of Iraq’s constitution explicitly allows …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
