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With the trump white house are out in the open. sources tell cnn tillerson are a testy exchange with a white house aide in a meeting last night described as intense and uncomfortab uncomfortable. apparently, tillerson is not pleased with the pace of filling crucial staff at the department and wants control over who gets hired and admitted frustration in public. watch this. satisfied with the pace of the staffing? no, i d like it to go faster, thank you. let s talk it over with former obama state department spokesman and cnn military diplomatic analyst retired admiral john kirby. to be fair, there s tensions between the cab innocents and agencies for appointments, but it is urgent to get the positions filled. a lot are under secretary and assistant secretary positions. that s right. no, it seems important for the state department to be fully ....
Another as he heads to russia. tillerson emphasized the trump white house puts a top priority on fighting isis. we believe the syrian people will ultimately be able to decide the fate of bashar al assad. reporter: white house spokesman sean spicer acknowledging both goals. we all recognize that that happens and there can be a multi-pronged approach. we re ensuring that isis is contained and there s a de-escalation of the proliferation of chemical weapons at the same time creating the environment for a change in leadership. reporter: tillerson attending the g7 foreign ministers meeting in italy says the world cannot stand by and watch. state department officials tell cnn tillerson s message in moscow, russia bears responsibility for assad s actions. and there may be more leverage as a dossier of responsibility for the nerve agent attack takes shape. according to u.s. officials, ....
Donald trump postpones the news conference he scheduled to discuss how he ll avoid conflicts of interest. it s been five months since he held a formal press conference. putin s soldiers. never before seen video of russian special operations troops fighting in syria. as controversy swirls in the u.s. over russian hacking and vladimir putin s intentions. a new elite russian unit is taking on isis. can they defeat the terrorists? i am would be. you a i am wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. amid mounting concerns over russian interference for the white house. donald trump chose a top oil executive close to vladimir putin for secretary of state. senate democrats and some republicans say they are troubled by rex tillerson s ties to moscow and potential conflicts of interest. one senior lawmaker tells cnn tillerson could have trouble ....
Anything. then he must be ready to fire them. he ll bounce names off but it doesn t happen. this is the same inner shah. nbc reported tillerson called the president a moron after a meeting at the pentagon where trump proposed increasing the country s nuclear arsenal. the president told forbes magz magazine if he did that, i guess we ll have to compare iq tests and i can tell you who is going to win. this is trump talking last year. in an interview with cnn tillerson refused to deny using the word moron. let s watch. as a indicated earlier when i was asked about that, i m not going to deal with that kind of petty stuff. this is a town that seems to relish gossip, rumor, innuendo. and they feed on it. they feed on one another in a very destructive way. i don t work that way. i m not going to dignify the question. i m not playing. these are the games of washington. i m not dignifying the questions with an answer. tries try but the president ....