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# Rex Tillerson


## Rex Tillerson


* ![Outgoing Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson Delivers Farewell Remarks At The State Department](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf6c368e618da244/6989308d4ee2629627311d06/rex-tillerson-speech-vmi-commencement.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 16, 2018  
## [Rex Tillerson Seemed to Be Taking a Swipe at President Trump in His Commencement Speech](https://time.com/5279903/rex-tillerson-speech-vmi-commencement-address/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Katie Reilly
* ![President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on March 13, 2018.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd061356fbe47c3f7/69892ab6bc6cfc65393e5541/ap-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 16, 2018  
## [President Trump Turned White House Staffing Into a Cliffhanger](https://time.com/5203918/donald-trump-white-house-firing-staffing/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Philip Elliott
* ![Ousted Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson Delivers Farewell Speech At The State Department](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt22ad71a3a8ae8693/69892afc8fd2ee64be35b0a1/rex-tillerson-climate-change-trump-administration.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 15, 2018  
## [The White House's Climate Change Believers Are Headed Out the Door](https://time.com/5201421/rex-tillerson-climate-change-donald-trump/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pauses during a briefing at the Department of State on August 22, 2017 in Washington, DC.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt49d5aea9dbe3bbed/69892aadab6d7732716b2118/rex-tillerson-fired-trump-white-house.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 13, 2018  
## [Why President Trump Fired Rex Tillerson](https://time.com/5198200/donald-trump-fired-rex-tillerson-analysis/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Philip Elliott
* ![Outgoing U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pauses as he makes a statement on his departure from the State Department March 13, 2018 at the State Department in Washington, DC.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf0be9d0cc0cf8145/69892aaccf40a88218c4ba1d/gettyimages-931514368.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 13, 2018  
## [Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Did Not Thank Trump in Farewell Speech](https://time.com/5198060/rex-tillerson-fired-farewell-trump/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Tessa Berenson Rogers  
* ![rex tillerson net worth taxes](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6669f6329f1fa12e/69892aa98fd2ee40b135affc/rex-tillerson-net-worth-taxes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 13, 2018  
## [Tillerson Can Keep Tax Break After Leaving State Job After a Year](https://time.com/5197763/rex-tillerson-net-worth-tax-break/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Justin Worland
* ![US-CHINA-politics-SECURITY DIALOGUE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde9ca2d016b21f55/6988d2ce8fd2eeebb0357a86/gettyimages-699410926.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 13, 2018  
## [Trump's Defense Secretary Loses an Ally With Tillerson Firing](https://time.com/5197834/trumps-defense-secretary-loses-an-ally-with-tillerson-firing/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by W.J. Hennigan
* ![Trump Designates North Korea as State Sponsor of Terror During Cabinet Meeting](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5589adce893ef01c/69892aade76ad204256315bd/rextillersonfired-em-876733038.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 13, 2018  
## [The Rise and Fall of Rex Tillerson: A Timeline](https://time.com/5197365/rex-tillerson-fired-timeline/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Alana Abramson and Ryan Teague Beckwith
* ![President Trump Departs The White House En Route To California](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blteafb083a06acc9ef/69892aaefb4eac3782896022/donald-trump-comments-rex-tillerson-fired.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 13, 2018  
## ['We Disagreed on Things.' Read President Trump's Remarks After Firing Rex Tillerson](https://time.com/5197334/we-disagreed-on-things-read-president-trumps-remarks-after-firing-rex-tillerson/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Lisa Marie Segarra
* ![Koreas Agree On Holding Talks Ahead Of Olympics](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e4e5418eb90af05/6988f76486f68e8c106e7d15/gettyimages-901379812.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jan 8, 2018  
## [North Korea's Olympics Talks Present an Opportunity](https://time.com/5092347/north-korea-kim-jong-un-moon-jae-in-winter-olympics-pyeongchang/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Charlie Campbell  
* ![Tillerson Trump](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt323f0f52d2a43352/6988e53097cdffbe6d6b32fb/gettyimages-861992880.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 30, 2017  
## [Rex Tillerson Could Become One of the Shortest-Serving Secretaries of State](https://time.com/5043206/rex-tillerson-secretary-state-tom-cotton/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Alana Abramson
* ![Yemen](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt721fc3cfb00b201e/6988e58b929fad1a10bee754/yemen_wong.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 22, 2017  
## [Yemen Could Be Out of Food in Six Weeks, Aid Official Warns](https://time.com/5035106/yemen-saudi-blockade-food-water/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Elizabeth Dias
* ![Bob Corker](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf01a810a33af97ac/6988df7fcf40a87e2bc498e8/bob-corker-reelection.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 25, 2017  
## [Corker Praises Trump Administration on Human Trafficking](https://time.com/4997011/bob-corker-human-trafficking-ivanka-trump-rex-tillerson/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Elizabeth Dias
* ![Via Twitter, Trump Threatens To Cancel Mexico Visit To White House Over Wall](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc9f993f34e7f0466/6988de1ae76ad281c462f2e7/trump-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 18, 2017  
## [President Trump's Tweets About Puerto Rico, Military Families Rank Among His Worst-Received](https://time.com/4988444/donald-trump-twitter-tweets-puerto-rico-military-obamacare/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Ryan Teague Beckwith and Pratheek Rebala
* ![CHINA-US-DIPLOMACY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1b18479466f293d7/6988e1b5929fad12e0bee0f5/gettyimages-855751676.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 12, 2017  
## [Why the Fight With North Korea Is Really About China](https://time.com/4979613/north-korea-donald-trump-china/)  
[POLITICS](/section/politics/)  
by Elizabeth Dias

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