{"id":68,"date":"2022-11-05T00:03:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T00:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/?post_type=te_announcements&#038;p=68"},"modified":"2022-11-05T00:03:44","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T00:03:44","slug":"12-12-2016-rex-tillerson-exxon-c-e-o-chosen-as-secretary-of-state","status":"publish","type":"te_announcements","link":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/index.php\/announcement\/12-12-2016-rex-tillerson-exxon-c-e-o-chosen-as-secretary-of-state\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/12\/2016 \u2013 Rex Tillerson, Exxon C.E.O., Chosen as Secretary of State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect Donald J. Trump on Tuesday officially selected Rex W. Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, to be his secretary of state. In saying he will nominate Mr. Tillerson, the president-elect is dismissing bipartisan concerns that the globe-trotting leader of an energy giant has a too-cozy relationship with Vladimir V. Putin, the president of Russia.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-69\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/russia-gate.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-13.jpeg?resize=300%2C275&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/russia-gate.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-13.jpeg?resize=300%2C275&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/russia-gate.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-13.jpeg?w=360&amp;ssl=1 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"timeline-express-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.russia-gate.net\/announcement\/12122016-rex-tillerson-exxon-c-e-o-chosen-as-secretary-of-state\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","aioseo_notices":[],"announcement_date":"Announcement Date: December 12, 2016","announcement_image":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement\/68"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/te_announcements"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/russia-gate.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}