“I feel it's important that in advising the president, if confirmed, that I deal with facts, that I deal with sufficient information. Which means having access to all information.” IfsFeelsMeanImportantFactsPresidentDealsInformationAccessSufficient Author:Rex W. Tillerson
“I think the President Donald Trump was quite clear in his statement that he made to the American people that Syria's continued violations of U.N. resolutions and previous agreements that Syria had entered into regarding the Chemical Weapons Accord would no longer be tolerated. I think we have stood by and watched multiple weapon - chemical weapons attacks by the Syrian regime under the leadership of Bashar al-Assad.” PeopleThinkingPresidentResolutionMultipleSyria Author:Rex W. Tillerson
“Our priority in Syria, really hasn't changed. I think the President Donald Trump has been quite clear. First and foremost, we must defeat ISIS.” ThinkingPresidentChangedDefeatPrioritiesSyria Author:Rex W. Tillerson
“The military progress both in Syria and in Iraq has been remarkable since President Donald Trump's inauguration. We have continued to liberate areas. We are making tremendous progress in liberating Mosul in Iraq, working with coalition forces, we're moving to position to liberate Raqqa.” MovingPresidentProgressMilitaryRemarkableSyriaLiberatingInauguration Author:Rex W. Tillerson
“My understanding, I was not standing nearby, but my understanding is that President Xi Jinping said, "Well, no one should kill children." The Chinese have since issued their own statement on the Syria attack itself.” ChildrenUnderstandingPresidentChineseSyria Author:Rex W. Tillerson
“President Xi Jinping clearly understands, and I think agrees, that the situation in North Korea has intensified and has reached a certain level of threat that action has to be taken. And, indeed, the Chinese, even themselves, have said that they do not believe the conditions are right to engage in discussions with the government in Pyongyang. And so what I think we're hopeful is that we can work together with the Chinese to change the conditions in the minds of the DPRK leadership.” ThinkingMindBelieveActionTogetherPresidentSituationTakenAgreeThreatChineseDiscussionHopefulWorking TogetherNorth Korea Author:Rex W. Tillerson
