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Secretary of state Rex Tillerson testified before a Senate Subcommittee about his departments budget request. Sanctions against russia, cuba policy, and the north Korean Nuclear threat. The hearing was chaired by South Carolina senator lindsey graham. Subcommittee hearing will come to order. The hearing today is on the president s fiscal year 2018 funding request and budget justification, department of state. Like to welcome our witness, secretary of state tillerson. After Opening Statements from myself and Ranking Member we will hear from the secretary. Well accept your written testimony and ...

Exactly. Money, honey. This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley today president elect donald trump named the c. E. O. Of exxonmobil, Rex Tillerson, to be secretary of state. The Senior Member of the cabinet. Tillerson was chosen because hes made successful deals with heads of state all around the world, but those could be ties that bind. Tillerson, for example, has a close business relationship with Vladimir Putin of russia. The lifelong oil man has no government experience, but he did convince exxon to acknowledge climate change. Also today, mr. Trump picked another texan, forme...

Tillerson, for example, has a close business relationship with Vladimir Putin of russia. The lifelong oil man has no government experience, but he did convince exxon to acknowledge climate change. Also today, mr. Trump picked another texan, former governor rick perry, to head the energy department, a department that perry once vowed to scrap. Major garrett begins our coverage. Grateful that someone of Rex Tillersons proven will leadership and accomplishment has been willing to step forward to serve our nation as our next secretary of state. Reporter Rex Tillersons move from exxonmobil c. E. O....

Now, to a grim reality. That the new president will face right away. His first Foreign Policy challenge is likely to be syria. Tonight, the syrian dictatorship and its russian allies say they have broken the rebellion in the countrys largest city, aleppo. Rebels are evacuating now after years of siege, starvation, and devastating air strikes. Last night, thousand protested at the russian consulate in istanbul turkey demanding an end to the bloodbath. Aleppo once held 2 million residenre residents and treasures of ancient civilization. Nothing like civilization there today. Debora patta reports...

[inaudible conversations] spirit we will resume the hearing for the attorney general pruitt sometimes you can sit down over lunch to answer questions to a halfhours open shy said Something Different anything that you would like to clarify quick. In response to the white house questions about the enforcement steps we have taken with double dipping i initiated three cases and so they have not materialized in litigations just yet. Thanks for that clarification in the city and cheyenne wyoming with a chemical used by the military to decrease the engines of the rocket motors the army corps that was...