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    ‘Without Personal Honor There Is No Leadership’

    Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson emphasized the importance of truth in a commencement address at Virginia Military Institute that many interpreted as a rebuke to President Trump.
    by Conor Friedersdorf May 17, 2018 2 minutes
    Source: Leah Millis / Reuters

    Rex Tillerson spent 10 years as CEO of ExxonMobil before Donald Trump tapped him to be secretary of state, only to fire him from the position 14 months later. On Wednesday, he delivered a commencement address at the Virginia Military Institute, where he warned graduates that their democracy is in peril.

    “I observe a growing crisis of ethics and integrity,” he lamented,

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