It was Tillerson who delivered the Trump administration's first blistering condemnation of Russia in the hours after the strikes. McMaster, Tillerson said Moscow had "failed" to live up to its obligations under a 2013 agreement to strip Syria of its chemical weapons stockpiles. "Either Russia has been complicit or Russia has simply been incompetent in its ability to deliver on its end of that agreement," he said. In one of those interviews, Tillerson said he sees no reason for retaliation from Russia for the U.S. missile strikes. After the cruise missiles crashed down in Syria, Tillerson was calm and commanding in a question-and-answer session with journalists.

Source: Economic Times April 09, 2017 09:00 UTC