The White House has developed a plan to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with Mike Pompeo, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, within weeks, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing senior officials. CBC | World News
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Assad should have ‘no role’ in Syria’s future, Rex Tillerson says
President Bashar al-Assad and his family have no role in the future Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says. CBC | World News
Read More »Tillerson seeks Arab nations’ help in U.S. effort to isolate Iran
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took the Trump administration’s case for isolating and containing Iran in the Middle East and beyond to two Gulf Arab nations on Sunday, pushing for Saudi Arabia and Iraq to unite to counter growing Iranian assertiveness. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. will continue talks with North Korea ‘until the first bomb drops,’ Tillerson says
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday that President Donald Trump had instructed him to continue diplomatic efforts to calm rising tensions with North Korea, saying “those diplomatic efforts will continue until the first bomb drops.” CBC | World News
Read More »Donald Trump Or Rex Tillerson, Who’s Smarter? Mensa Willing To Host IQ Test With POTUS & Secretary Of State
An IQ battle could possibly take place between U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after a news broke out that Tillerson called Trump a “moron” in private. Trump downplayed the report and called it “fake news” but challenged the Secretary of State in an IQ test to know who is smarter. “I think it’s fake news, ...
Read More »I’m not going anywhere, Rex Tillerson says after report of discord with Trump
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday he shares “bedrock values” with Donald Trump and has never been close to resigning, contrary to a published report, but he stopped short of addressing whether he referred to the president as “a moron.” CBC | World News
Read More »Trump says Tillerson is ‘wasting his time’ trying to negotiate with Kim Jong-un
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he told the top U.S. diplomat not to waste his time trying to negotiate with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. CBC | World News
Read More »North Korea needs to stop firing missiles to ‘calm things down,’ Tillerson says in China
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson calls for a calming of the situation on the Korean Peninsula, but says it’s incumbent on North Korea to halt its missile launches. CBC | World News
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