ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson “is still the leading contender to become President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state despite pushback from prominent senators wary of Tillerson’s ties to Russia,” Politico reports.
“One of the sources said Tillerson could be named as the nation’s chief diplomat in the coming days — ‘unless something massive explodes’ in the next 24 hours.”
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