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Old 12-10-2016, 09:31 AM   #3578
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The latest candidate for SoS is the CEO of Exxon Mobil

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-us...-idUSKBN13Z01E

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In 2011, Exxon Mobil signed a deal with Rosneft, Russia's largest state-owned oil company, for joint oil exploration and production. Since then, the companies have formed 10 joint ventures for projects in Russia.

In 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Tillerson his nation's Order of Friendship.

But U.S. sanctions against Russia for its incursion into Crimea cost Exxon Mobil dearly, forcing it to scrap some projects and costing it at least $1 billion in losses. Tillerson has been a vocal critic of the sanctions.
More Russian ties and a huge conflict of interest to boot.

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