President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state nominee, Rex Tillerson, is expected to address relations with Russia and China’s island-building in the South China Sea during his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday morning.
The Trump transition team released the opening statement Tillerson plans to present to the Senate panel.
Tillerson is expected to tell senators that NATO is right be alarmed at the resurgence of Russia, and to say that “open and frank dialogue with Russia regarding its ambition” is needed so the United States can plan its course.
He called China’s actions in the disputed South China Sea region “an illegal taking of disputed …read more
Source: Voice of America
