Cybersecurity
Tillerson Veers From Trump Line as Russia Looms Over Hearing
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Under aggressive questioning centered on U.S.-Russia relations, Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson showed he isn’t entirely in lockstep with President-elect Donald Trump on key foreign policy issues he’d face as America’s top diplomat.
The former Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO called at his confirmation hearing Wednesday for more assertive U.S. leadership in the world, a contrast from Trump’s “America First” vision of fewer entanglements abroad. He also called Russia a “danger” to the U.S. and said the latest sanctions on Russia for hacking the 2016 election, which Trump has criticized, should remain at least for now.