“At the start of the week, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) seemed bent on opposing the nomination of Rex Tillerson for secretary of state,” the Washington Post reports.
“By the end of it, Rubio had heard directly from former vice president Richard B. Cheney… With that, one more controversial proposal by Trump at risk of running aground had found new hope for smoother waters. In this case, the intervention of a high-powered gaggle of establishment Republican leaders — none of them long-standing allies of Trump — appears to be leading the effort to save Tillerson’s nomination.”
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