December 18, 2016

"In an unconventional move, president-elect Donald Trump has chosen oil super executive Rex Tillerson for secretary of state, instead of sticking to the usual protocol of a new president picking a career diplomat or academic. Experts said this reflects Trump's view that the nation's top diplomat should be improving trade relations.

Trump shocked the world a month ago when he clinched the White House after the vast majority of polls, experts and pundits predicted rival Hillary Clinton would be the next president. Trump has been scrambling to pick a cabinet before he is sworn in next month, and has chosen Tillerson, the CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation - the world's sixth largest company by revenue - to fill the slot of secretary of state."

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