Donald Trump picks Rex Tillerson, Exxon CEO, as Secretary of State

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson has close
 ties with Russia and is believed to be
the Trump's pick for US Secretary of State.

Washington: President-elect Donald Trump on Monday settled on Rex Tillerson, the chief executive of Exxon Mobil, to be his secretary of state, dismissing bipartisan concerns that the globe-trotting leader of the energy giant had forged a with Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, transition officials said.

Trump planned to announce the selection on Tuesday morning, finally bringing to an end his public and chaotic deliberations over choosing the nation's top diplomat - a process that at times veered from rewarding Rudy Giuliani, one of his most loyal supporters, to musing about whether Mitt Romney, one of his most vicious critics, might be forgiven.

Read the story by Michael Shear and Maggie Haberman in the Melbourne Age -  “Donald Trump picks Rex Tillerson, Exxon CEO, as Secretary of State."

(It seems this is like putting a drunk in charge of the liquor store – Robert McLean)