"He (Tillerson) was dumb as a rock and I couldn’t get rid of him fast enough. He was lazy as hell. Now it is a whole new ballgame, great spirit at state!” Trump said.
Pompeo, the outgoing CIA director, secured support from 57 senators, with 42 voting no — one of the slimmest margins for the job in recent history.
"The US, in collusion with Canada, created the scene of war simulation by summoning the foreign ministers' meeting of the countries participated in the Korean War," Xinhua quoted an official from the North Koreas's Foreign Ministry as saying.
A National Security Council spokesperson said that North Korea must not only first refrain from provocations but take "sincere and meaningful actions toward denuclearization."
The US and Pakistan have had a long history of good relations, but that relationship has really deteriorated over the past decade, he conceded.
US President Donald Trump formally recognised Jerusalem as the Israeli capital last week but he nevertheless signed a national security waiver which will allow him to delay the movement of the embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv for an additional six
Rex Tillerson spoke on Tuesday to the US diplomatic corps at a town hall meeting amid low morale and widespread concerns about his planned overhaul of the State Department.
Trump now has 90 days to consider whether the Palestinians are in “direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel.” If Trump determines they are, the Palestinians can keep the office.
A report in the Pakistani media notes that there has been a noticeable reduction in violence along the Line of Control in the Kashmir region since Rex Tillerson's visit.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that the Trump administration will give Pakistan an opportunity to act on actionable intelligence.
Senators Bob Menendez, Marco Rubio, Chris Coons, Todd Young, Jeff Merkley and James Lankford wrote a letter to Tillerson in this regard.
During his just concluded visit to Pakistan, Tillerson stressed the importance of Pakistan "moving quickly" to demonstrate good faith and efforts to use its influence to create the conditions that will get the Taliban to the negotiating table.
Rex Tillerson asked Myanmar security forces to cooperate with the United Nations to ensure a thorough, independent investigation into all allegations of human rights abuses and violations and to ensure accountability.
United States will provide India with best technologies for its military modernisation which include offers to supply F-16 and F-18 fighter jets, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said.
Tillerson said the two countries will cooperate further in the Indo-Pacific region to promote rules-based commerce.
India on Wednesday again raised the issue of H1-B visas with the US when External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson here.
There is a "trust deficit" between Pakistan and the US over the issue of Afghanistan, Khawaja Asif said today.
Addressing a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the External Affairs Minister said that defence and strategic relations between the two countries have deepened after PM Narendra Modi's US visit.
It is Tillerson's first visit to Pakistan since the new US administration assumed office
Rex Tillerson is on a five-nation visit from October 20-27, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan and Switzerland.
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