Tillerson Visited White House Often Over Russia Sanctions

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  • Exxon CEO advocated against the sanctions Obama imposed
  • As secretary of state, he’d advise Trump on sanctions

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Rex Tillerson, the Exxon Mobil Corp. chief who is President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, visited the White House repeatedly as sanctions were imposed on Russia in 2014 to make sure his company’s competitors didn’t gain an edge in the way they were enforced.

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