Mattis announced plans to resign in a candid resignation letter to Trump that laid bare the growing divide between them, and implicitly criticized President Trump's disregard for America's closest allies.
In an apparent swipe at US President Donald Trump, former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday decried what he called "a growing crisis in ethics and integrity" in American public life.
Journalist Ronan Farrow takes a hard look at the decline of American diplomacy in his new book, “War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence.”
"There is a history of unexpected threats emerging from unexpected places, as we learned from Afghanistan. It is in both our national security interest and in line with our values to help fragile states."
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump replaced US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo. In his new pick for secretary, Trump someone who agrees with him on major foreign policy issues.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he had replaced US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson with Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo, and had tapped Gina Haspel to lead the CIA.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday urged North Korea to carry out a "sustained cessation" of weapons testing to allow the two countries to hold talks about Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs.
Rex Tillerson said on Tuesday the United States was “ready to talk anytime North Korea would like to talk," backing away from a key US demand that Pyongyang must first accept that any negotiations would have to be about giving up its nuclear arsenal.
The United Nations says 620,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh since August to form the world's largest refugee camp after a military crackdown in Myanmar that Washington has said clearly constitutes "ethnic cleansing."
The Takeaway's Todd Zwillich was on the scene of the BP hearing to witness all of the theatrics. He says the hearing served as a venting session for public anger, as well as possibly the beginning of a new push for climate change legislation.
Former South Carolina Congressman Bob Inglis has big problems with the incoming president, but sees some flickers of hope on climate policy despite all the red flags.
In 2011, Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson struck a deal to drill for oil in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, putting his oil company, and the United States, in the middle of a hot conflict over control of Iraqi resources.
In his Senate confirmation hearing for secretary of state, Exxon's former chief differs with Donald Trump on keeping the country in the international accord.
Violence in eastern Ukraine is spinning out of control again. Some analysts think Vladimir Putin may be exploiting Donald Trump’s apparent disinterest in the Ukraine conflict.
A little more than two months ago, Rex Tillerson was running one of the biggest and most powerful companies in the world. Now, he's heading a government agency with an uncertain future under President Donald Trump.
Mexico vowed not to let the United States impose migration reforms on it Thursday as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security chief John Kelly visited the country.
"Certainly we do not want to, for things to get to military conflict," the US secretary of state said. "If they elevate the threat of their weapons program to a level that we believe require action, then, that option's on the table."
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Global Politics
Another day of Oil in Washington
The Takeaway
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The Takeaway's Todd Zwillich was on the scene of the BP hearing to witness all of the theatrics. He says the hearing served as a venting session for public anger, as well as possibly the beginning of a new push for climate change legislation.
Environment
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PRI's The World
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Former South Carolina Congressman Bob Inglis has big problems with the incoming president, but sees some flickers of hope on climate policy despite all the red flags.
Business
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In 2011, Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson struck a deal to drill for oil in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, putting his oil company, and the United States, in the middle of a hot conflict over control of Iraqi resources.
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Environment
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PRI's The World
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In his Senate confirmation hearing for secretary of state, Exxon's former chief differs with Donald Trump on keeping the country in the international accord.
Conflict
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Violence in eastern Ukraine is spinning out of control again. Some analysts think Vladimir Putin may be exploiting Donald Trump’s apparent disinterest in the Ukraine conflict.
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A little more than two months ago, Rex Tillerson was running one of the biggest and most powerful companies in the world. Now, he's heading a government agency with an uncertain future under President Donald Trump.
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Mexico rejects US migration reforms as Trump calls deportation effort a 'military operation'
PRI's The World
February 23, 2017
Mexico vowed not to let the United States impose migration reforms on it Thursday as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security chief John Kelly visited the country.
Conflict
Tillerson says military action against N. Korea is an 'option'
Agence France-Presse
March 17, 2017
"Certainly we do not want to, for things to get to military conflict," the US secretary of state said. "If they elevate the threat of their weapons program to a level that we believe require action, then, that option's on the table."