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Rex Tillerson: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Published 12:49 pm EST, December 10, 2016 Updated 1:04 pm EST, December 13, 2016

1. Tillerson Doesn’t Support Sanctions on Russia, Calling Them Ineffective

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Tillerson also said that he believed sanctions were ineffective and opposes them. He said he spoke with U.S. officials about his views.

But as 2014 continued, Exxon did start to feel the effects of sanctions. As Bloomberg reports, Exxon could not continue drilling at a well a mile below the surface off the Siberian coast. It was estimated that the well could have pumped out a billion barrels, worth about $97 billion at the time. After the sanctions were imposed, Exxon packed up the drilling rig.

In October 2016, OilPrice.com reported that ExxonMobil lost $1 billion due to the sanctions.

When The Wall Street Journal reported on December 6 that Tillerson was being considered for a role in the Trump administration, the paper noted that most of his holdings of Exxon shares won’t vest for a decade and the value of these would only go up if Russian sanctions were dropped.

2. Tillerson Supports a Carbon Tax, But Also Said That the World Will Continue Using Fossil Fuels, ‘Whether They Like It or Not’

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3. Tillerson Has Supported Free Trade, Which Trump Railed Against During the Election

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4. Tillerson Was President of Boy Scouts of America & Pushed for Openly Gay Youths to be Allowed to Join

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5. Tillerson Has Zero Experience in Government or as a Diplomat, Unlike Past Secretaries of State

http://heavy.com/news/2016/12/rex-tillerson-exxon-mobil-ceo-donald-trump-secretary-of-state-wife-kids-who-is-bio-russia-putin-global-warming-age/

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Tillerson sees the sanctions as not effective, this from NATO Review magazine

Sanctions after Crimea: Have they worked?

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As the European economy overwhelmingly shrugs off the effects of Russia’s recession – which is only partly caused by sanctions – Western Allies should take comfort in the knowledge that pursuing a strong and principled sanctions policy appears eminently affordable. The evidence indicates that the doomsayers have been proved wrong
http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2015/Russia/sanctions-after-crimea-have-they-worked/EN/index.htm

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Rachel Maddow on the Trump Turkey roast

bit less than a third down in the one F6 gave you,
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=127221514
here .. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=127231479

outed here for easier access .. to link also Desert Drifter's dot connections
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=127222480

the sanctions were put in place of course in response to Putin's Ukraine/Crimea actions .. Tillerson believes they
are ineffective and wants them lifted .. Putin and Trump would love that, too .. Tillerson to be Sec. of State