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Rex Tillerson: “We do not support sanctions generally. So we always encourage the people who are making those decisions to consider the…”

On the recordJanuary 10, 2017
We do not support sanctions generally. So we always encourage the people who are making those decisions to consider the very broad collateral damage of who are they really harming.
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Rex Tillerson

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Tillerson expresses Exxon’s stance on sanctions and their impact.

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