Doyle McManus: Rex Tillerson was an odd fit from the start
by Doyle Mcmanus, Los Angeles Times
Mar 14, 2018
3 minutes
The mystery isn't why Rex Tillerson was fired this week. It's why he lasted so long.
Tillerson, a thoroughly conventional conservative who became secretary of state on the strength of a career negotiating oil deals for Exxon, was out of step with his boss from the start.
He was a George W. Bush Republican in a Donald Trump world. His chief sponsors were Bush aides, Condoleezza Rice and Robert M. Gates. He
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