--- title: Rex Tillerson: Secretary of State Confirmation Livestream description: The former Exxon Mobil CEO, Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, is set to face the Senate Foreign Relations Committee canonical: https://time.com/4631264/rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state-hearing-livestream/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-11T14:17:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:39:42.031Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: Rex Tillerson's Secretary of State Confirmation Hearing og:description: The former Exxon Mobil CEO, Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, is set to face the Senate Foreign Relations Committee og:url: https://time.com/4631264/rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state-hearing-livestream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb3d4e393d6cb2ba/6988b519fb4eac5da28905d8/rex-tillerson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Secretary Of State Nominee Rex Tillerson Meets With Senators On Capitol Hill og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Rex Tillerson's Secretary of State Confirmation Hearing twitter:description: The former Exxon Mobil CEO, Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of State, is set to face the Senate Foreign Relations Committee twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb3d4e393d6cb2ba/6988b519fb4eac5da28905d8/rex-tillerson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Live: Rex Tillerson's Confirmation Hearing to Be Donald Trump's Secretary of State by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 11, 2017 2:17 PM UTC  Rex Tillerson, the former chief executive officer of Exxon Mobile Corp. and U.S. secretary of state nominee for president-elect Donald Trump, smiles as he meets with Senator Christopher "Chris" Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 4, 2017. Rex Tillerson, the former chief executive officer of Exxon Mobile Corp. and U.S. secretary of state nominee for president-elect Donald Trump, smiles as he meets with Senator Christopher "Chris" Coons, a Democrat from Delaware, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 4, 2017.Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jan 11, 2017 2:17 PM UTC It’s [Rex Tillerson](http://time.com/4629863/donald-trump-rex-tillerson-democrats/)‘s turn on the hot seat. The former Exxon Mobil CEO, President-elect [Donald Trump](http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-2016-donald-trump/)‘s nominee for [Secretary of State](http://time.com/4598891/donald-trump-rex-tillerson-state-department/), is set to face the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday morning, the latest in a parade of confirmation hearings for Trump’s cabinet picks this week. Tillerson is expected to face pointed questioning from Democrats and even some Republicans over his long history of friendly ties to Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump himself is scheduled to hold his first news conference in months during the hearing, too. The hearing is scheduled for 9:15 a.m. E.T. 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