March 13, 2018
The State Department said Rex Tillerson (pictured) only learned of his termination when he read Trump's tweet on Tuesday morning. Two senior department officials said Tillerson received a call from John Kelly, Trump's chief of staff, on Friday, but was only told that there might be a presidential tweet that would concern him. Photo courtesy Flickr/State Department
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Trump Fires Tillerson at State, Replacing with CIA's Pompeo
President Donald Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday and said he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him, ending Tillerson's difficult tenure by tweeting an …
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