Rex Tillerson

the President got tired of me being the guy who had to tell him, no, Mr. President, you can't do that, it's illegal.

The point is, if it's their intention to interfere, they are going to find ways to do that.

If our leaders seek to conceal the truth, or we as people become accepting of alternative realities that are no longer grounded in facts, then we as American citizens are on a pathway to relinquishing our freedom.

Russia has often employed malicious tactics against the U.S. and Europe to drive us apart, and serially harassing and intimidating diplomats are not the behaviors of a responsible nation.

I am deeply troubled by the lack of transparency in many Chinese loans.

China's approach encourages dependency by using predatory loan practices to mire nations in debt and undercut their sovereignty.

Let's disappoint Vladimir Putin.

Interim local political arrangements that give voice to all groups and ethnicities supportive of Syria's broader political transition must emerge with international support.

enhancing energy security by ensuring access to affordable, reliable, diverse, and secure supplies of energy is fundamental to national security objectives.

The 2001 AUMF provides statutory authority for ongoing U.S. military operations against al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated forces.

The United States does not seek to fight the Syrian government or pro-Syrian government forces.