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>> this confuirmation hearing, rex tillerson, we just want to take this brief opportunity to remind you that we are standing by. within the next 30 minutes to go to trump tower in new york. there is the lectern, surrounded by american flags. we are awaiting donald trump's first full-on news conference since july. much earlier this summer, he will take questions from the press corps assembled. and what a day it is to take questions from the press corps. after all, it was last night, coming into this morning, that we were dealt this story about russia being in possession of compromising informat...

Secretary of state, will have one mission only. and that's to represent the interest of the american people. and as i've stated multiple times, sanctions are an important and powerful tool. but designing poor sanctions and having poor and ineffective sanctions can have a worse effect than having no sanctions at all. if they convey a week response. so it's important in designing sanctions that, as i've said, if they are carefully crafted, carefully targeted with intended effect and then they can broader participation and the iran sanctions were extraordinarily effective because others joined in...