Republican Senator Tom Cotton, one of Trump’s staunchest defenders in Congress, would be tapped to replace Pompeo at the CIA, the officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity. Tillerson was reported in October to have privately called Trump a “moron,” something the secretary of state sought to dismiss. Rex is here.”State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Kelly told Tillerson’s chief of staff on Thursday the reports on Tillerson being replaced were not true. Nauert added that Tillerson “serves at the pleasure of the president.”Asked about Tillerson, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said the secretary of state remained in his post. In September in Beijing, Tillerson said Washington was probing North Korea to see whether it was interested in dialogue, and had multiple direct channels of communication with Pyongyang.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 01, 2017 17:37 UTC