Secretary of State Rex Tillerson addressed Oct. 4 news reports that he'd considered resigning his post. Because this involves a careful parse, I'm posting Tillerson's full, brief news conference below and annotating the key parts. President Trump’s foreign policy goals break the mold of what people traditionally think is achievable on behalf of our country. And if not, where do you think these reports —TILLERSON: I’m just — I’m not going to deal with petty stuff like that. I think the Pakistan — it’s very — the Pakistan relationship and the U.S. relationship is extraordinarily important regionally.

Source: Washington Post October 04, 2017 17:11 UTC