US President-elect Donald Trump has picked ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to be the Secretary of State, according to CBS.
"Mr. Trump’s decision was announced by his transition team Tuesday morning," the report said.
The new nomination is expected to bring about disputes as some lawmakers think Tillerson has fine relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They not only claim Moscow intervened in the US presidential election but also say the Russians openly support Donald Trump.
Donald Trump, 64, has worked for ExxonMobil for the last 40 years. By the 1990s, Tillerson was overseeing many of Exxon's foreign operations. He played a key role in Exxon's involvement in the huge Sakhalin oil and natural gas project on Russia's eastern coast. Tillerson has been chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil since 2006.
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