A Tillerson Ally Survives the Purge With Help From Friends
- Conservative Hook has cultivated ties with Kushner, Miller
- Hook will oversee U.S. bid to toughen Iran nuclear deal
Kissinger Associates' Hormats Says Tillerson Served as a 'Moderating Force'
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Within hours after President Donald Trump fired Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, the White House set about purging his inner circle. Brian Hook may prove the exception.
Hook, the State Department’s director of policy planning, is among the last Tillerson confidants standing after the president’s dismissal-by-tweet of his top diplomat on Tuesday. Far from being ousted, Hook is heading to a meeting in Vienna on Friday to push Trump’s demands for revamping Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers.