Tillerson meets with Turkish leader without translator in break from protocol
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Turkey's leaders for more than three and a half hours without American policy aides or a translator in attendance, CNN reported Thursday.Tillerson met with...
View ArticleSo far, the effort to protect our elections simply has not been adequate
In less than one month, voter will return to the ballot box in state primaries. As they enter polls in gymnasiums and firehouses, in community centers and churches all over this great land, voters may...
View ArticleMr.Tillerson, please provide real answers
The State Department's purported logic for its continued staff and budget cuts makes no sense. Congress needs to press for real answers when Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testifies next week.The...
View ArticleState Dept. launches $40M offensive against foreign propaganda
The State Department is launching a $40 million initiative to crack down on foreign propaganda and disinformation amid widespread concerns about future Russian efforts to interfere in elections. The...
View ArticleTop US diplomat for North Korea to retire: report
The State Department’s top diplomat for North Korean policy is retiring this week, CNN reported Monday.Joseph Yun told the network that he will retire at the end of the week, adding that it was...
View ArticleWorking with Hezbollah: The elephant in US-Lebanon policy
For a brief moment, the secretary of State appeared ready to challenge the status quo. But it was not meant to be. On a whirlwind tour of the Middle East this month, it seemed that Secretary...
View ArticleRick Perry planning nuclear energy talks with Saudi Arabia: report
Energy Secretary Rick Perry will head to London to meet with officials from Saudi Arabia on Friday as the Trump administration considers a nuclear energy deal with the nation, Bloomberg News...
View ArticleRussia says it stopped Mitt Romney from becoming secretary of State: report
Russia says it stopped former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney from becoming President Trump’s secretary of State, according to The New Yorker.The magazine, in a report about Christopher...
View ArticleState Dept details Tillerson's multination African tour
The State Department announced on Monday the details of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's first official trip to Africa. Tillerson, who leaves for the tour on Tuesday, will visit Chad, Djbouti,...
View ArticleTrump should fire Kushner from all foreign policy duties
In the most egregious example of nepotism in the history of the American presidency, President Trump has allowed son-in-law and otherwise unqualified Jared Kushner to usurp the foreign policy and...
View ArticleTillerson ending Africa trip a day early
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will conclude his first diplomatic trip to Africa a day early and fly back to Washington on Monday amid new developments in the administration’s approach to North...
View ArticleTillerson: Ex-spy's poisoning 'clearly came from Russia'
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday that the poisoning of an ex-Russian spy in Britain “clearly came from Russia” and “certainly will trigger a response."Tillerson said in a statement that he...
View ArticleTrump highlights differences with Tillerson, says he's close to Cabinet...
President Trump on Tuesday praised CIA Director Mike Pompeo and highlighted his differences with the man Pompeo will be replacing as secretary of State, Rex Tillerson.In comments outside the White...
View ArticleDem senator: Tillerson ouster underscores 'chaos' of Trump...
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) said on Tuesday that President Trump's decision to oust Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was the latest sign of chaos within the Trump administration, blasting the president...
View ArticleHaley calls Trump's selection of Pompeo as next secretary of State a...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday praised President Trump's selection of CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, calling it "a great...
View ArticleRussia's aim with European gas pipeline is purely political
Whatever your feelings about outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, he knows a thing or two about energy, and he strongly opposes Russia building a second gas pipeline, Nord Stream 2, through the...
View ArticleWatch live: Tillerson to address media
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is scheduled to make a statement to reporters on Tuesday at 2 p.m., hours after President Trump announced he would replace Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo.You...
View ArticleTillerson says last day at State will be March 31
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that he will remain at the State Department until the end of the month.Speaking at a department press briefing hours after his surprise firing by President...
View ArticleTillerson doesn't thank Trump in post-firing speech
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson didn’t thank President Trump in a Tuesday press conference responding to the president announcing his firing on Twitter.Tillerson praised State Department officials and...
View ArticleTrump to UK prime minister: Russia must answer for chemical attack
President Trump told British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday that Moscow needs to provide “unambiguous answers” about the recent poisoning of an ex-spy in the U.K., which is believed to have been...
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