Cybersecurity
Tillerson’s Mission to Moscow Just Got a Lot More Complicated
- Secretary of state brings tough message after Syria attack
- Russia likely to give top U.S. diplomat a tongue-lashing
The Political Impact of U.S. Military Strikes on Syria
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After enduring weeks of criticism that he’s been silent and sidelined in the Trump administration, Rex Tillerson travels to Moscow newly emboldened by the U.S. decision to drop 59 Tomahawk missiles on an airbase in Syria.
The secretary of state is likely to face a tongue-lashing over the attack Wednesday from Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and from President Vladimir Putin, unless the Russian leader snubs the American visitor by declining to grant him an audience.