WASHINGTON: Former ExxonMobil chief executive Rex Tillerson was sworn in Wednesday to take charge of a US State Department simmering with opposition to President Donald Trump’s refugee ban.
After the 64-year-old oilman’s nomination was confirmed by the Senate, he headed to the White House, where Trump formally named the political newcomer Washington’s next top diplomat.
“This is a man that is respected all over the world before he even begins,” Trump said, thanking Tillerson. “He left a very good job for this, I want to tell you.”
Also in the Oval Office as Tillerson was sworn in was Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon, …read more
Source: theSun
