Trump Expected to Tap Oil Chief As Secretary of State

Foreign Policy: The reality show that was the competition to be President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state appears to be over. Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, is the leading contender to be Trump’s diplomat-in-chief, a person close to the Trump transition confirmed to Foreign Policy on Saturday.

Additionally, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton has been selected to serve as Tillerson’s deputy, the person told FP, speaking on condition of anonymity. The expected Tillerson nomination was first reported by NBC News.

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