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DonViejo

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Fri Dec 16, 2016, 11:17 AM Dec 2016

At the center of the pitch for Tillerson: Richard Cheney and Marco Rubio

By Sean Sullivan December 16 at 6:00 AM

At the start of the week, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) seemed bent on opposing the nomination of Rex Tillerson for secretary of state.

By the end of it, Rubio had heard directly from former vice president Richard B. Cheney, according to a person with knowledge of the conversation, as well as other key supporters of the ExxonMobil chief executive. With that, one more controversial proposal by Trump at risk of running aground had found new hope for smoother waters. In this case, the intervention of a high-powered gaggle of establishment Republican leaders — none of them long-standing allies of Trump — appears to be leading the effort to save Tillerson’s nomination.

Tillerson is opposed by many Republicans and Democrats who are suspicious of his perceived close ties to Russian President Vladi­mir Putin, who has worked with ExxonMobil on energy deals.

Yet he is also backed by a small army of hawkish GOP luminaries and deep-pocketed donors. Robert M. Gates, a former CIA director and former defense secretary, personally recommended Tillerson in a meeting with Trump. Condoleezza Rice, the former secretary of state, made the same recommendation to Vice President-elect Mike Pence.

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At the center of the pitch for Tillerson: Richard Cheney and Marco Rubio (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2016 OP
I expect him to show as much courage here as he did on immigration BeyondGeography Dec 2016 #1
Yep Me. Dec 2016 #2

Me.

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Fri Dec 16, 2016, 11:27 AM
Dec 2016

All the people whose pockets are being filled by Exxon. And Gates needs to get off his holier than thou high horse. He has a lot a nerve criticizing Obama when he’s bought and paid for.

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