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NYT’s editorial of November 18, not only called Mr. Tillerson ill-suited as secretary of state, it also cited the 69th secretary of state’s “limited ambitions.”
Rex Tillerson, ill suited as secretary of state, is dismantling his department to fit his limited ambitions https://t.co/q9W80ttXSi pic.twitter.com/NLHPOxpXZb
— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) November 19, 2017
Rex Tillerson’s State Department is putting America in danger, say alarmed senators https://t.co/FYe4J98wbX pic.twitter.com/OXFnoSF8cJ
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 15, 2017
One GOP senator John Cornyn still thinks Mr. Tillerson is “doing a great job”. Early this year, the senior senator from Texas introduced Rex Tillerson before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as “uniquely qualified to serve in this important office.”
He is doing a great job https://t.co/36Z3JFhALW
— Senator JohnCornyn (@JohnCornyn) November 19, 2017
AND NOW THIS —
Yeah, this is BS (and a heckuva way to denigrate the people you still have and the sacrifices they make). Btw, the dozen or so students I’ve tried to talk into the FS exam aren’t worried about $ or jobs. Their concern is relevance in Trump/Tillerson’s State Dept. https://t.co/Hz5HaHb3aK
— Richard Nephew (@RichardMNephew) November 18, 2017
"When the economy tanks more people choose to go into what's perceived to be safer positions" says @StateDept describing reason for drop in # of people taking foreign service exam this yr
— Kylie Atwood (@kylieatwood) November 17, 2017
Will Tillerson ever realize that diplomacy doesn't run on business principles?
https://t.co/mwLVieycf9— The Hive (@VFHIVE) November 19, 2017
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