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One of our great, great secretaries. we appreciate it. thank you. thank you, rex. [applause] thank you as well to senate chaplain barry black for his moving words. i dont know, chaplain, whether or not thats an appointed position? is that an appointed position? i dont know if youre democrat or republican but i appoint you for another year. and i think its not even my appointment. its the senates appointment. well talk to them. your son is here. your job is very, very secure, okay? thank you, bar...

Mean keeping troops there. >> you heard me. i would take the oil. >> last week at a preinauguration dinner, donald trump joked about rex tillerson his nominee for secretary of state taking the oil from his countries in miss previous job as ceo of exxonmobil. >> we have a man that i wanted right from the beginning, rex tillerson and these lights are bright but hes around here some place. but wheres our rex? what a job. thank you very much. thank you, rex. i think its tougher than he thought. he g...

Tillerson and these lights are bright but hes around here some place. but wheres our rex? what a job. thank you very much. thank you, rex. i think its tougher than he thought. he goes in to a country, takes the oil, goes in to another country. its tough dealing with these politicians, right? >> he really likes to take the oil. the "washington post" points out seizing the natural resources of a sovereign nation would violate the geneva conventions. thats why the united states went to war with ira...

Say stuff during hearings. but trumps the man. whatever he says is going to nominate. if thats what he really believes in a weaker dollar, thats astonishing. >> this hearings have been revealing versus what the nominees say versus what the president-elect has said. last night, donald trump was speaking to a group of diplomats in washington, d.c. and he was talking about rex tillerson. i think there are a number of interesting things about the sound bite youre about to hear. lets listen. >> and w...

Last night. he attended a dinner. the president-elect was quick to praise former exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson, his pick to be secretary of state. >> and we have great respect for your countries. we have great respect for our world. we have a man that i wanted right from the beginning rex tillerson. and these lights are bright but hes around here somewhe place, wheres our rex? what a job. thank you very much. thanks, rex. i think its tougher than he thought. hes led this job. he goes into a count...

Tonight. i want to thank you for being here. great respect for your country, great respect for our world. we have a man that i wanted right from the beginning, rex tillerson, and these lights are bright, but hes around here somewhere. wheres our rex? he goes into a country, takes the oil, goes into another country. tough dealing with these politicians. right? hes going to be so incredible. im very proud of him. im very proud of everybody, the cabinet members, and we have put together a team i th...

Tillerson, and these lights are bright, but hes around here someplace. wheres our rex? wow, what a job. miranda, thank you very much. thanks, rex. i think hes tougher than he thought. he goes into a country, takes the oil, goes into another country. its tough dealing with these politicians, right? >> on that note, lets bring in our guests ready to join us, nbc news, intelligence, and national security reporter, ken delanie is with us. also in d.c., katy tur, who has covered the trump transition,...

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>> i think that -- i think rex played a big role in calming the waters in 2013 after the decision was made to allow gay youth to participate in scouting. the decision to allow gay leaders to happen -- to serve occurred on my watch as national president and all i can tell you is rex was very supportive. and the way we did it, we were able to keep virtually all of our major church sponsors on board. >> former secretary yats, always good to have you. >> thank you. >> check out his book. hes not her...

Sanctions are one of the most effective diplomatic tools in our arsenal, one we rely on to avoid putting american lives at risk by engaging in traditional kinetic warfare. now, today, in response to a previous question by senator cardin, you said sanctions are a powerful tool. but you have made statements and given speeches where you have said you do not believe sanctions are a useful tool. so if sanctions are not a useful tool, have you changed your view? what are the tools of peaceful diplomac...