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470. John Kerry, Remarks, “On the Nomination of Rex Tillerson,” District of Columbia, December 13, 2016, https://2009-2017.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2016/12/265187.htm.
471. Brennan Weiss, “‘His mustache is a problem’: Trump reportedly soured on John Bolton for a top Cabinet position because of his looks,” Business Insider, January 3, 2018, http://www.businessinsider.com/john-bolton-mustache-cost-him-trump-cabinet-post-fire-and-fury-claims-2018-1.
472. Ibid.
473. Michael D. Shear and Maggie Haberman, “Rex Tillerson, Exxon C.E.O., Chosen as Secretary of State,” The New York Times, December 12, 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/12/us/politics/rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state-trump.html.
474. Julian Borger, “Rex Tillerson: ‘I didn’t want this job … my wife told me I’m supposed to do this,’” The Guardian, March 22, 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/22/rex-tillerson-i-didnt-want-this-job.
475. Phil Mattingly, Jim Acosta and Stephen Collinson, “Trump pick ExxonMobil CEO Tillerson as choice for secretary of state,” CNN, December 13, 2016, https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/12/politics/donald-trump-rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state-exxonmobil-ceo/index.html.
476. Rex W. Tillerson, Remarks, “Welcome Remarks to Employees,” District of Columbia, February 2, 2017, https://www.state.gov/secretary/20172018tillerson/remarks/2017/02/267401.htm.
477. Ibid.
478. Gardiner Harris, “Rex Tillerson Is Confirmed as Secretary of State Amid Record Opposition,” The New York Times, February 1, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/01/us/politics/rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state-confirmed.html.
479. Josh Rogin, “The State Department’s entire senior administrative team just resigned,” The Washington Post, January 26, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2017/01/26/the-state-departments-entire-senior-management-team-just-resigned/?postshare=2371485449363292&utm_term=.38ed25944fd8.
480. Ibid.
481. Ibid.
482. Charles S. Clark, “State Department Loses Top Management Team in Trump’s First Week,” Government Executive, January 26, 2017, https://www.govexec.com/management/2017/01/state-department-loses-top-management-team-trumps-first-week/134904/.
483. Josh Rogin, “The State Department just broke a promise to minority and female recruits,” The Washington Post, June 13, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-state-department-just-broke-a-promise-to-minority-and-female-recruits/2017/06/18/cd1f9d44-52b9-11e7-b064-828ba60fbb98_story.html?utm_term=.5e797882b0ca.
484. Mark Landler, “State Dept. Officials Should Quit if They Disagree with Trump, White House Warns,” The New York Times, January 31, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/us/politics/sean-spicer-state-dept-travel-ban.html.
485. Rex W. Tillerson, Remarks, “Welcome Remarks to Employees,” District of Columbia, February 2, 2017, https://www.state.gov/secretary/20172018tillerson/remarks/2017/02/267401.htm.
486. Ibid.
487. Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Weisman and Eric Lichtblau, “Trump Overrules Tillerson, Rejecting Elliott Abrams for Deputy Secretary of State,” The New York Times, Feburary 10, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/us/politics/trump-wall-21-billion-dollars.html.
488. Julian Borger, “Rex Tillerson: ‘I didn’t want this job … my wife told me I’m supposed to do this,’” The Guardian, March 22, 2017, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/22/rex-tillerson-i-didnt-want-this-job.
489. Carol Morello and Anne Gearan, “In first month of Trump presidency, State Department has been sidelined,” The Washington Post, February 22, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-first-month-of-trump-presidency-state-department-has-been-sidelined/2017/02/22/cc170cd2-f924-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html?noredirect=on&postshare=1341487863162329&utm_term=.3cab5d336315.
490. Ibid.
491. Anne Gearan and Carol Morello, “Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spends his first weeks isolated from an anxious bureaucracy,” The Washington Post, March 30, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/secretary-of-state-rex-tillerson-spends-his-first-weeks-isolated-from-an-anxious-bureaucracy/2017/03/30/bdf8ec86-155f-11e7-ada0-1489b735b3a3_story.html?utm_term=.f819dfa296c7.
492. Ibid.
493. Robbie Gramer, Dan De Luce, and Colum Lynch, “How the Trump Administration Broke the State Department,” Foreign Policy, July 31, 2017, https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/31/how-the-trump-administration-broke-the-state-department/.
494. Rex W. Tillerson, Remarks, “Remarks to U.S. Department of State Employees,” District of Columbia, May 3, 2017, https://www.state.gov/remarks-to-u-s-department-of-state-employees/.
495. David E. Sanger, Gardiner Harris, and Mark Landler, “Where Trump Zigs, Tillerson Zags, Putting Him at Odds with White House,” The New York Times, June 25, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/25/world/americas/rex-tillerson-american-diplomacy.html.
496. Ibid.
497. Ibid.
498. Jon Lee Anderson, “The Diplomat Who Quit the Trump Administration,” The New Yorker, May 21, 2018, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/28/the-diplomat-who-quit-the-trump-administration.
499. Robbie Gramer, Dan De Luce, and Colum Lynch, “How the Trump Administration Broke the State Department,” Foreign Policy, July 31, 2017, https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/07/31/how-the-trump-administration-broke-the-state-department/.
500. Carol E. Lee, Kristen Welker, Stephanie Ruhle and Dafna Linzer, “Tillerson’s Fury at Trump Required an Intervention from Pence,” NBC News, October 4, 2017, https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/tillerson-s-fury-trump-required-intervention-pence-n806451.
501. Rex W. Tillerson, Remarks, “Remarks at a Press Availability,” District of Columbia, October 4, 2017, https://www.state.gov/remarks-at-a-press-availability-4/.
502. Ibid.
503. Rex W. Tillerson, Remarks, “Interview with Jake Tapper of CNN,” District of Columbia, October 15, 2017, https://www.state.gov/interview-with-jake-tapper-of-cnn/.
504. Ibid.
505. Gardiner Harris, “Diplomats Sound the Alarm as They Are Pushed Out in Droves,” The New York Times, November 24, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/24/us/politics/state-department-tillerson.html.
506. Gardiner Harris, “Trump Rejects Reports That His Top Diplomat Is Departing,” The New York Times, December 1, 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/01/us/politics/tillerson-state-departure-reports-laughable.html?smid=tw-share.
507. Margaret Brennan, “Rex Tillerson Opens Up in Rare, Wide-Ranging Interview,” CBS News, February 18, 2018, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rex-tillerson-secretary-of-state-60-minutes-interview/.
508. Ibid.
509. Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Thomas Kaplan, “Trump Alarms Lawmakers with Disparaging Words for Haiti and Africa,” The New York Times, January 11, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/politics/trump-shithole-countries.html?module=inline.
510. Mike Pompeo and John J. Sullivan, Remarks, “Welcome Remarks to Employees,” District of Columbia, May 1, 2018, https://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2018/05/281365.htm.
511. Ed Sanora, “Mike Pompeo Full Interview with Chris Wallace—Fox News Sunday,” YouTube, May 13, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQjQG8pnuXg.
512. Melanie Arter, “Rex Tillerson: ‘Under the Right Conditions,’ US Could Stay in Paris Accord,” CNS News, September 18, 2017, https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/rex-tillerson-under-right-conditions-us-could-stay-paris-accord.
513. Michael C. Bender and Felicia Schwartz, “Rex Tillerson Is Out as Secretary of State; Donald Trump Taps Mike Pompeo,” The Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2018, https://www.wsj.com/articles/rex-tillerson-is-out-as-secretary-of-state-donald-trump-taps-mike-pompeo-1520978116.
514. Bob Dreyfuss, “Tillerson Ousted by Trump: State Department Goes from Bad to Worse,” Rolling Stone, March 13, 2018, https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/tillerson-ousted-by-trump-state-department-
goes-from-bad-to-worse-199102/.
515. Nahal Toosi, “Pompeo asks Clinton for advice as he preps for confirmation battle,” Politico, April 10, 2018, https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/10/pompeo-hearing-state-clinton-512155.
516. Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker, John Hudson and Carol D. Leonnig, “Trump ousts Tillerson, will replace him as secretary of state with CIA chief Pompeo,” The Washington Post, March 13, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-ousts-tillerson-will-replace-him-as-secretary-of-state-with-cia-chief-pompeo/2018/03/13/30f34eea-26ba-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html?utm_term=.e2777cb878ed.
517. Glen Johnson, “End of Iran deal: Shredding diplomacy for spite, not gain,” The Boston Globe, May 8, 2018, https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/05/08/end-iran-deal-shredding-diplomacy-for-spite-not-gain/Ow97SNGe2bXT0QoTlZGlRO/story.html.
518. Jill R. Russell, “With rifle and bibliography: General Mattis on professional reading,” Strife, May 7, 2013, http://www.strifeblog.org/2013/05/07/with-rifle-and-bibliography-general-mattis-on-professional-reading/.
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Epilogue
522. Barack Obama, Remarks, “Remarks by the President at Nomination of Senator John Kerry as Secretary of State,” District of Columbia, December 21, 2012, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/12/21/remarks-president-nomination-senator-john-kerry-secretary-state.
523. Author’s recollection, January 1, 1998.
524. Author’s recollection, June 2001.
525. Author’s notes, January 15, 2013.
526. Ibid.
527. Author’s recollection, January 16, 2013.
Acknowledgments
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
GLEN JOHNSON COVERED FIVE presidential elections over three decades reporting for The Boston Globe, the Associated Press, a string of local newspapers, and the historic City News Bureau of Chicago. He served as US deputy assistant secretary of State for strategic communications from 2013 to 2017 under an appointment by President Barack Obama, and took over 100,000 photos of Secretary Kerry during their international travels. Johnson proudly graduated from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. He now lives outside Boston.