• Kellyanne Conway downplays Rex Tillerson’s ties to Russia
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[IMG]https://cdn.rt.com/files/2016.12/original/584e8d1dc36188850e8b456b.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]One of Donald Trump's top advisers played down concerns over the President-elect's rumored pick for secretary of state Monday, claiming that Rex Tillerson's close ties to Russia are an attribute but that the ExxonMobil CEO wasn't ever close buddies with Vladimir Putin. "It's not like Vladimir Putin and Rex Tillerson are pounding down vodka at the local bar," Trump aide Kellyanne Conway said on CBS' "This Morning." "They're not intimate friends, but they deal with each other through business interests." Tillerson, widely reported as Trump's all-but-certain pick for the nation's top diplomatic post, has come under scrutiny from lawmakers of both parties for having a close personal relationship with Putin. Under his leadership, ExxonMobil signed a 2011 deal with Rosneft, Russia's largest state-owned oil company, for joint exploration and production and 10 other large joint ventures for possible projects in Russia. The executive was also honored last year by Putin with the nation's Order of Friendship and has spoken out against U.S. sanctions on Russia, reportedly visiting the White House at least 20 times throughout President Obama's tenure to personally lobby against the sanctions, according to a Bloomberg News review of White House visitor logs. [/QUOTE] [url]http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/kellyanne-conway-downplays-rex-tillerson-ties-russia-article-1.2907920[/url]
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