Senate confirms Tillerson as secretary of State

[Jose Garcia]

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Source: The Hill

The Senate on Wednesday approved Rex Tillerson to lead President Trump's State Department, despite a late effort by Democrats to slow down the nomination.

Tillerson surpassed 51 votes for him, enough for a simple majority to approve his nomination. The vote is still open.

Tillerson will take over his post as the country's top diplomat as lawmakers remain skeptical over President Trump's foreign policy, including his stance toward Russia and a recent executive order that temporarily banned refugees and citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries.

Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) specifically pointed to Russia as one area where he expects Tillerson to hone in on.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/317393-senate-confirms-tillerson-as-secretary-of-state

[Freethinker65]

1. Drill baby drilll....oh and go ahead and take Ukraine....

[Rustyeye77]

2. Apparently 4 dems caved in.

that pisses me off.

[femmocrat]

7. Heitkamp, Manchin, Warner and King (independent).

Let them know you are p*ssed.

[TeamPooka]

3. I think we all need to know which Democrats voted for this corrupt tool and pal of Putin.

My local News said a few crossed over and voted for him.

[Docreed2003]

4. Oh I'm sure he'll "hone in on Russia" all right...

Lifting sanctions and scoring that sweet oil deal...This guy is completely unqualified in any fashion to be our top diplomat. This is truly astounding and infuriating.

[femmocrat]

5. REMEMBER these three democrats: Heitkamp, Manchin and Warner.

Let them know how you feel about their decision to vote for Putin's BFF.

[24601]

6. Final vote in vote was 56-43 so someone did not vote. Senate vote on motion to recommit is

in progress.

[OKNancy]

8. Locking - duplicate topic

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