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| Tillerson faces US Senate grilling for Secretary of State position (WATCH LIVE) | Tillerson faces US Senate grilling for Secretary of State position (WATCH LIVE) |
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| The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is expected to ask tough questions to ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, nominated to head the Department of State under President-elect Donald Trump. | The US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is expected to ask tough questions to ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, nominated to head the Department of State under President-elect Donald Trump. |
| Tillerson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he would help usher in a new era of US leadership on the global stage as America's top diplomat. | |
| "China has emerged as an economic power in global trade, and our interactions have been both friendly and adversarial," he said in remarks prepared for his hearing. | |
| "While Russia seeks respect and relevance on the global stage, its recent activities have disregarded American interests. Radical Islam is not a new ideology, but it is hateful, deadly, and an illegitimate expression of the Islamic faith. Adversaries like Iran and North Korea pose grave threats to the world because of their refusal to conform to international norms." | |
| Tillerson has spent his entire working life at the big oil multinational corporation, ExxonMobil. He cut ties to Exxon earlier this month to try and stave off conflicts of interest, but his history with the corporation is likely to be a focus of the hearing today. | Tillerson has spent his entire working life at the big oil multinational corporation, ExxonMobil. He cut ties to Exxon earlier this month to try and stave off conflicts of interest, but his history with the corporation is likely to be a focus of the hearing today. |
| Tillerson has never held a position in government but as an oil executive has extensive experience dealing with foreign countries having worked for Exxon since 1975. His relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to be of interest to the committee. Democrats have pushed for the release of his tax records beyond the financial disclosure form he has already filed with the Senate committee. | |
| Just moments into Tillerson’s testimony, a protester spoke out yelling her home was destroyed in Hurricane Sandy, and as she was led out of the hearing said “Rex Tillerson, I reject you!” | |
| Outside Tillerson’s hearing, protesters rallied, with signs ‘ExxonKnew’, some dressed as Velociraptors, a dinosaur, a spoof reference to the continue pursuit of fossil fuels. | |
| The peace group, Code Pink, in Lady Liberty fancy dress and a man wearing a dollar bill suit with signs 'ExxonKnew' at Tillerson hearing. |