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Under u.s. sanctions as state sponsors of terrorism. according to securities and exchange commission filings unearthed by democratic research group, exxon did the business through a european-based third party from 2003 to 2005 with $53 million in sales to iran, $1 million to syria, and $600,000 to sudan. tillerson became a senior vice president at exxon in august 2001, rising to president and director in march of 2004 and then chairman and chief executive at the start of 2006. in response, exxon said these are all legal activities complying with the sanctions at the time, and that they, quote,...

Million to syria, and $600,000 to sudan. tillerson became a senior vice president at exxon in august 2001, rising to president and director in march of 2004, and then chairman and chief executive at the start of 2006. in response, exxon said "these are all legal activities complying with the sanctions at the time" and that they "didn't feel they were material because of the size of the transactions." exxon's overall revenue at the time was around $371 billion. the "wall street journal" this morning looks at tillerson's leadership at exxon, finding his personal relationships were key to his neg...

>> i just started shaking. i mean, i really did. i started shaking. things were flying all over the car. >> the bus driver approaches as a shaken hummel gets out of her car. >> it's the scariest thing ever. i was in tears. >> the driver's fired for violating his employer's policy. though plagued with constant pain and high medical bills, betty jo hummel considers herself lucky to be alive. for distracted drivers, hummel has some advice. >> pay attention to what you're doing. pay attention when you have so many lives at stake. it shouldn't happen. it shouldn't happen. august 2001, ontario, ca...

Every direction. the bus driver, knowing he's in trouble, pounds the steering wheel in frustration. >> i just started shaking. i mean, i really did. i started shaking. things were flying all over the car. >> the bus driver approaches as a shaken hummel gets out of her car. >> it's the scariest thing ever. i was in tears. >> the driver's fired for violating his employer's policy. though plagued with constant pain and high medical bills, betty jo hummel considers herself lucky to be alive. for distracted drivers, hummel has some advice. >> pay attention to what you're doing. pay attention when y...

That motivated me more than the events of september 11th. i was going in and i knew it. >> i was in marine corps ro 12th grade -- >> were you deployed overseas. >> one in kosovo in 2000 the initial invasion of iraq in 2003 and then again in iraq. i sustained the major injuries december 3rd, 2003. we were ambushed by 35 enemy insurgents and used my body to protect myself. >> i took a couple of steps and figured what was actually a chinese made land mine that they had hooked up to two five-gallon jugs of homemade explosives. i felt the pain in my leg. >> my story is different from the average ma...