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spanone

(135,834 posts) Wed Jan 11, 2017, 10:41 AM Jan 2017

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bob corker just let us know that trump just met tillerson about a month ago....

so....who suggested rex tillerson might be a good sos ?

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bob corker just let us know that trump just met tillerson about a month ago.... (Original Post) spanone Jan 2017 OP

Well Corker..then you too are part of the problem - asiliveandbreathe Jan 2017 #1

I recall reading that Bob Gates recommended Tillerson to DJT. PearliePoo2 Jan 2017 #2

maybe so, he introduced him to the panel this am....thanks spanone Jan 2017 #3

i just found it...scarier than i thought spanone Jan 2017 #5

Here's what I found: PearliePoo2 Jan 2017 #6

His drinking buddy, of course. Tommy_Carcetti Jan 2017 #4

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)

1. Well Corker..then you too are part of the problem -

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Jan 11, 2017, 10:43 AM

Jan 2017

But, then, we already knew you really don't give a ratsass about the American people..just lining your pockets..follow the money..my new mantra..

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)

2. I recall reading that Bob Gates recommended Tillerson to DJT.

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Jan 11, 2017, 10:46 AM

Jan 2017

Let me do some research on that.

spanone

(135,834 posts)

3. maybe so, he introduced him to the panel this am....thanks

Reply to PearliePoo2 (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 11, 2017, 10:46 AM

Jan 2017

spanone

(135,834 posts)

5. i just found it...scarier than i thought

Reply to PearliePoo2 (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 11, 2017, 10:50 AM

Jan 2017

Tillerson was recommended to Trump by former secretaries of state Condoleezza Rice and James Baker and former Secretary of Defense Bob Gates, sources told CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/12/politics/donald-trump-rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state-exxonmobil-ceo/

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)

6. Here's what I found:

Reply to spanone (Reply #5)

Wed Jan 11, 2017, 10:54 AM

Jan 2017

Mr. Gates, whose consulting firm has represented Exxon Mobil, said that senators concerned about Mr. Tillerson’s relationship with Mr. Putin are basing their criticism “on a superficial watching” of video clips of the Exxon executive receiving the Russian Order of Friendship in 2013 with Mr. Putin.

"Mr. Gates said he recommended Mr. Tillerson to the president-elect because he is someone with decades of experience negotiating with foreign leaders."

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/us/politics/rex-tillerson-secretary-state-trump.html?_r=0

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)

4. His drinking buddy, of course.

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Wed Jan 11, 2017, 10:48 AM

Jan 2017

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