Rex Tillerson’s secretary of state confirmation hearing has gotten off to a rocky start, with Florida Republican Marco Rubio declaring some of his answers about Russia “troubling,” as Democrats hammered him on everything from climate change to potential ethics problems for the former ExxonMobil CEO.
Despite those testy back-and-forths, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R.-Tenn.) declared that the hearing was “going well” during a break in the proceedings.
