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Tillerson confirmed as US Secretary of State amid record opposition
He takes top diplomat's job as serious rifts emerge with the US's allies
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Thu, Feb 2, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Washington
REX Tillerson, the former chairman and chief executive of Exxon Mobil, was confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday in a 56-43 vote to become the nation's 69th secretary of state - just as serious strains have emerged with important international allies.
The votes against his confirmation were the highest in Senate history, a reflection of Democratic unease with President Donald Trump's early foreign-policy pronouncements that threaten to upend a multilateral approach that has guided United States presidents since World War II.
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