Former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, is clearly an intelligent and well-informed man. During the first six hours or so of his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, Tillerson was polished, articulate, and clearly knowledgeable about countries ranging from Saudi Arabia to North Korea to Equatorial Guinea.
The hearing went badly for him anyway.
There was one issue, above all others, that mattered in these hearings: Russia. Tillerson, the former head of Exxon’s division in that country, has more than a decade and a half of associations with Vladimir Putin personally, …read more
Source: Vox
