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Julia Ioffe / Politico:
What It Really Means to Be a ‘Friend of Putin’ — In June 2008, ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson attended the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Russia's answer to Davos, its way of showing itself to the world as the kind of economic powerhouse that can attract executives like Rex Tillerson to its banquets.
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Chris Wallace Asks Trump: Why Pick Business Exec. Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State?
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Intelligence expert: Trump's choice of Putin buddy to head State adds to his White House ‘Kremlin cabal’
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
McCain: Tillerson ties to Putin a ‘matter of concern’
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New York Times:
Rex Tillerson, Exxon Chief, Is Expected to Be Pick for Secretary of State
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The Guardian, Israpundit, Business Insider and BizPac Review
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Who is Rex Tillerson, the ExxonMobil chairman who may become secretary of state?
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Politico, Mashable, Business Insider, The Guardian, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mediaite and Political Wire
Andrea Mitchell / NBC News:
Rex Tillerson of ExxonMobil Expected to Be Named Trump's Secretary of State: Sources
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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Trump expected to pick ExxonMobil chief Rex Tillerson as his secretary of state
Andrea Mitchell / NBC News:
Rex Tillerson of Exxon Mobil Expected to Be Named Trump's Secretary of State: Sources
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
FBI and CIA give differing accounts to lawmakers on Russia's motives in 2016 hacks — In a secure meeting room under the Capitol last week, lawmakers held in their hands a classified letter written by colleagues in the Senate summing up a secret, new CIA assessment of Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election.
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Fox News:
Trump: Claims of Russian interference in 2016 race ‘ridiculous,’ Dems making excuses — President-elect Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with “Fox News Sunday,” decried as “ridiculous” the CIA's reported assessment that Russia intervened in the election to boost his candidacy …
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Political Wire, The Week, Washington Post, ABC News and ThinkProgress
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Democratic, GOP senators: Russian hacking ‘cannot become a partisan issue’ — Four high-profile Democratic and Republican senators said Sunday that Russian interference in the election “should alarm every American” and that Congress must investigate further without allowing it to become a partisan issue.
The Daily Beast:
How Russian Hackers Can Blackmail Donald Trump—and the GOP — Former and current U.S. national security officials and experts say that if it is true that the Russian government possesses documents belonging to the Republican National Committee, Donald Trump's incoming administration may be the most compromised in U.S. history.
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump, Mocking Claim That Russia Hacked Election, at Odds with G.O.P.
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Business Insider, Balloon Juice, Politicus USA and The Mahablog
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Intel world struggles to crack the code of an untrusting Trump
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Washington Post
Richard Rainey / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
John Kennedy defeats Foster Campbell for Louisiana's open U.S. Senate seat — Donald Trump thanks supporters and rallys for John Kennedy in Baton Rouge rally — Donald Trump and US Senate candidate John Kennedy wave to supporters during a Get Out the Vote rally Friday, December 9 …
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Thomas Gibbons-Neff / Washington Post:
Louisiana Republican wins final unsettled U.S. Senate race — John N. Kennedy of Louisiana has prevailed in the final U.S. Senate contest of 2016, beating out Democrat Foster Campbell for the seat being vacated by David Vitter (R). — Shortly after the polls closed, the Associated Press projected Kennedy the winner.
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Washington Monthly and The Advocate
Associated Press:
Republican John Kennedy Wins Louisiana Senate Race in Runoff — Louisiana voters chose Saturday to send Republican state Treasurer John Kennedy to the U.S. Senate, filling the nation's last Senate seat and giving the GOP a 52-48 edge in the chamber when the new term begins in January.
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Politico and The Guardian
Lauren Duca / Teen Vogue:
Donald Trump Is Gaslighting America — In this scorched-earth op-ed, Lauren Duca takes on Trump's systematic attempts to destabilize the truth and weaken the foundation of American freedom. — The CIA officially determined that Russia intervened in our election, and President-elect Donald …
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Raw Story
Lisa Hagen / The Hill:
Trump sparks imitator in Ohio Senate race — Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel (R) is looking to replicate Donald Trump — 's campaign strategy, hoping to reap the benefits of the president-elect's success in his second Senate bid. — Mandel is looking to unseat Sen. Sherrod Brown
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Jennifer Jacobs / Bloomberg:
Rick Perry Said to Be Trump's Top Candidate for Energy Secretary — Democratic Senators Manchin, Heitkamp also under consideration — President-elect met with contenders at Army-Navy game — Donald Trump has narrowed his search for energy secretary to four people …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Heitkamp is Trump's top choice for Agriculture secretary: report — (D-N.D.) has emerged as President-elect Donald Trump — 's top choice for Agriculture secretary, Politico reported Saturday. — Heitkamp joining Trump's administration would require a special election to fill her Senate seat, which could flip to a Republican.
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Jenny Hopkinson / Politico:
Heitkamp tops Trump's list for agriculture secretary
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Political Wire
UnionLeader.com:
Lame duck delusions: Obama ignores changing terror threat — As the final days of his presidency melt away, Barack Obama is frantically trying to piece together a legacy. — “Over the last eight years, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
The Dangers of Echo Chambers on Campus — After Donald Trump's election, some universities echoed with primal howls. Faculty members canceled classes for weeping, terrified students who asked: How could this possibly be happening? — I share apprehensions about President-elect Trump …
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