Mr. Tillerson’s 14-month tenure at the State Department was marked by conflict with Mr. Trump and an exodus of some of the nation’s most experienced diplomats. He seemed to reference some of those disputes in his speech on Wednesday, reminding his audience that the United States gets much of its strength from a network of alliances. “One of America’s great advantages is we have many allies,” he said. Mr. Tillerson suggested this was problematic. “We must never take these long-held allies for granted,” he said.

Source: New York Times May 16, 2018 21:04 UTC