Trump Replacing Tillerson With Pompeo As Secretary Of State
The president made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter.
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The president made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter.
The White House is discussing a plan to replace Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with CIA director Mike Pompeo, according to two administration officials.
Asked about the report that Tillerson called Trump a moron, the Secretary of State said, "We don't deal with that kind of petty nonsense," and "I'm just not going to be part of this effort to divide this administration.''
Elected officials in Guam are reassuring constituents that the U.S. territory is safe following North Korea's claim that it is examining its plan for "making an enveloping fire" around the strategically important Pacific island.
The 30th Space Wing says the Minuteman 3 missile launched at 2:10 a.m. Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base, about 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
The latest ballistic missile launch came just hours after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson urged the United Nations to hit the country with more economic sanctions.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, in Moscow on Wednesday.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is drawing ire on social media after saying Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to using chemical weapons" in World War II.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says Russia must choose between embracing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad or aligning itself with the U.S. and like-minded countries.
In a statement, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin believes President Donald Trump ordered the strikes under a "far-fetched pretext."
Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump said it's "time to bring a clear-eyed focus to foreign affairs."
The president has been busy issuing executive orders, putting a freeze on government hiring and acting on trade. He struck a blow to the Obama Administration's signature trade deal, fulfilling a campaign promise to pull the United States out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
He told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that it's a "fair assumption'' Russian President Vladimir Putin knew about Moscow's meddling in America's 2016 presidential election.
President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday he has settled on ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be secretary of state, saying that he's "among the most accomplished business leaders and international deal makers in the world.''
His team is pushing back against CIA claims that Russia helped influence the outcome of the election in Trump's favor.
