Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday that the U.S. relationship with Russia is at a low point, and he was directed by President Trump to rebuild the relationship and not allow the political turmoil over possible Russian ties to the Trump campaign to impede his task. "He's been quite clear with me to proceed at whatever pace and in the areas I think we might make progress," Tillerson said. Tillerson -- who, as CEO of Exxon Mobile, was once granted a friendship honor from Russian President Vladimir Putin -- has had at times a rocky start in his relationship with Russia. In May, shortly after a U.S. airstrike in Syria, Tillerson said Russia has been either “complicit or simply incompetent” in its 2013 commitment to prevent Syria from obtaining chemical weapons. Tillerson said he was pleased by reports that some British imams were refusing to offer funeral prayers for the London attackers.

Source: Fox News June 06, 2017 06:26 UTC