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And one thats as informative as it is instructive about why tillerson ended up being the pick. Weve all covered this very closely. We knew all the players in the game. Rex tillerson was not one of them until a couple weeks ago. And heres the reason why. They simply had not found the right candidate. And because of that according to transition officials, a call was placed by Vice President elect mike pence to Steven Hadley and Condoleezza Rice. Steven hadley, former National Security adviser to george w. Bush. Condoleezza rice obviously his secretary of state. He was looking for other ideas. St...

Like -- as ceo it's not that dissimilar from being secretary of state. you could make an argument. >> what he's very good at is what they call in the diplomatic trade bilaterals, which is to say he goes into a country and he meets with the country's leader or foreign minister, et cetera, to do deals for exxon. he's now getting out of this. and one of the -- i must say, i find some amusement here that in the reagan era when ronald reagan was tough on russians all my liberal friends went crazy about this. when he called them the evil empire, when he said they reserve unto themselves the right to...

Ceo rex tillerson. but that's no problem, say those who know him best. like john hamrey at the center for strategic and international studies, where tillerson is on the board. >> when he was the head of exxonmobil, he was -- his responsibility was to champion exxonmobil. others going to champion america now. >> reporter: all over d.c. supporters are lining up, including former secretaries of state james baker and condoleezza rice, who call him an excellent choice with broad international experience and former defense secretary robert gates, who cites his great integrity. in fact, those three p...