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Tillerson’s State Department tenure comes to abrupt end

Clip: 3/13/2018 | 5m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

Judy Woodruff looks back at the many points of contention between Tillerson and Trump.

Rex Tillerson was sacked Tuesday after 14 months of rocky relations and a long list of policy disputes with President Trump, who announced the secretary of state's firing in a tweet. Judy Woodruff looks back at the many points of contention between Tillerson and Trump, and the circumstances potential successor Mike Pompeo would face at Foggy Bottom.

03/13/2018

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