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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161211:22:17:00

the russian government. he knows the players very well. that was, of course, one of the reasons donald trump says he is considering him. from a russian point of view, you have somebody they regard as a friend of russia, it opens up all sorts of possibilities in this relationship between the united states and russia. it s been at post cold worrilar over syria, eastern ukraine. with a friend of russia, supposedly in the white house and a position of secretary of state, that could really change. it s got people in russia genuinely excited. really? i mean, he did receive an award, the order of friendship, one of the highest awards that russia bestows on foreign citizens a few year ago. cnn money is reporting a fascinatie inine ining tidbit t. one of the reasons tillerson was selected for ceo of exxonmobil in 2006 was because of his relationship with russia. do you know how far back that goes? my understanding is that he

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the punitive secretary designee. some of the strongest voices voicing concerns are coming from senate republicans. senator lindsey graham told washington post, i don t know the man much at all, but let s put it this way, if he received an award from the kremlin, order of friendship, then we re going to have some talkin . i m hearing you say that in lindsey graham s accent. it s better in the original south carolina. exactly, exactly. criticisms with lindsey graham aside, look, confirmation hearings are going to be tough. is he going to make it through? i don t know. it s true, it s not an official decision yet. at the same time, look, i understand the concerns. i also understand that i think anybody who comes from the private sector is going to be staunchly looked at. it s weird, because i feel like every single person who s being selected if they come from the private sector, the fact they come from the private sector is almost invalidating them from

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started coming to russia as an executive with exxon back in 1999, which would have been exactly the same time when vladimir putin emerged from obscurity into prominence and took on the presidency. look, it is just the fact of doing deals with russia and doing business in russia. you have to know the upper echelons, the power brokers, the leadership in order to get anything done. you know, the ceo of exxon has been very accomplished in doing that. back in 2011, he did a deal with the kremlin, which is estimated to be worth half a trillion dollars. $500 billion, one of the biggest deals ever done. after that, putin, the russian president, personally pinned that medal on his chest. it is called the order of friendship, one of the highest civilian honors russia can give a civilian. so, yes, he really is seen as a friend of russia. he is perhaps the one american who has the closest relationship with the kremlin.

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reports tillerson is top choice for secretary of state, but the ceo s close ties to russia, putin once awarded him an order of friendship award, could make for a tough confirmation hearing in congress, one of possibly many fights to come. in our exclusive exit interview with vice president biden, the vice president shared his view on another controversial trump cabinet pick. i know you ve been reluctant to talk about individual cabinet selections, but there is one, a former colleague of yours, senator sessions, that you once voted against when he was up for a federal judgeship. i led the fight against him. you led the fight against him in 1986. democrats said he was racially insensitive, republicans said that, in fact, he had prosecuted the ku klux klan and this was a smear. you voted against him, he never got out of a committee. are you comfortable with attorney general jeff sessions? i was talking to jeff on the

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