Tillerson At The Till

Upon being told of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 75 years ago, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill remarked, “Being saturated and satiated with emotion and sensation, I went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful.”

I believe that many in the innermost depths of the deep state will be dutifully repeating those reassuring words after hearing of President-elect Donald Trump’s potential choice of ExxonMobil CEO Rex W. Tillerson as secretary of state. Besides his long-standing Exxon Mobil connection, Tillerson has impeccable establishment bonefides as a trustee of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, hobnobbing with the likes of

• Richard Armitage, President, Armitage International
• Othman Benjelloun,* President and CEO, BMCE Bank
• Erskine Bowles, President Emeritus, University of North Carolina
• William E. Brock, Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
• Harold Brown, Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
• Zbigniew K. Brzezinski, Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
• Sue M. Cobb, Principal, Cobb Partners, LLC and former U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica
• William S. Cohen, Chairman and CEO, The Cohen Group
• Ralph A. Cossa, President, Pacific Forum CSIS
• Lester Crown,* Chairman, Henry Crown and Company
• William Daley, Managing Partner and Head of U.S. Operations, Argentière Capital
• Andreas C. Dracopoulos, Director and Co-President, Stavros Niarchos Foundation
• Stanley F. Druckenmiller, Chairman and CEO, Duquesne Family Office, LLC
• Martin Edelman, Senior Of Counsel, Paul Hastings
• Jonathan B. Fairbanks, Founder and Partner, Global Energy Capital
• Henrietta H. Fore, Chairman and CEO, Holsman International
• Michael P. Galvin, Cofounder and President, Harrison Street Capital, LLC
• Helene D. Gayle, CEO, McKinsey Social Initiative
• Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, C.V. Starr & Company, Inc.
• John H. Hammergren, Chairman, President, and CEO, McKesson Corporation
• Linda W. Hart, Vice Chairman, President, and CEO, Hart Group, Inc.
• Benjamin W. Heineman Jr., Trustee and Distinguished Senior Adviser, CSIS
• John B. Hess, CEO, Hess Corporation
• Carla A. Hills, Chair and CEO, Hills & Company
• Elizabeth Holmes, Chairman, CEO, and Founder, Theranos
• Seok-Hyun Hong, Chairman and CEO, JoongAng Media Network
• Ray Hunt, Executive Chairman, Hunt Consolidated, Inc.
• E. Neville Isdell, Former Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
• James L. Jones Jr., President and CEO, Jones Group International
• William T. Keevan, Senior Advisor, Chess Consulting LLC
• Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO, The Coca-Cola Company
• Fred Khosravi, Cofounder and Managing Director, Incept LLC
• Ronald Kirk, Senior Of Counsel, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
• Henry A. Kissinger, Counselor and Trustee, CSIS
• Kenneth G. Langone, Founder and CEO, Invemed Associates, LLC
• Howard Leach,* President, Leach Capital LLC
• Donald B. Marron, Founder and Chairman, Lightyear Capital
• W. James McNerney Jr., Former Chairman, The Boeing Company
• Joseph S. Nye Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
• Leon Panetta, Chairman, The Panetta Institute for Public Policy
• William K. Reilly, Chairman Emeritus, World Wildlife Fund
• Charles A. Sanders, Chairman Emeritus, Project HOPE
• Bob Schieffer, Former Moderator, Face the Nation, CBS; and Former CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent
• Brent Scowcroft, President, The Scowcroft Group
• Andrew C. Taylor, Executive Chairman, Enterprise Holdings, Inc
• Rex W. Tillerson, Chairman and CEO, Exxon Mobil Corporation
• Frances F. Townsend, Executive Vice President, MacAndrews and Forbes Incorporated
• Romesh Wadhwani, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Symphony Technology Group.

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