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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has decided to nominate ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson for the position of the U.S. secretary of state.

US President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of Rex Tillerson, boss of the oil giant ExxonMobil to the post of Secretary of State. Tillerson is know his close business ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

President-elect Donald Trump took aim on Dec. 12 at a second U.S. aerospace giant in as many weeks, this time attacking the F-35 stealth fighter and its "out of control" costs.     

Since his shock victory last month, Donald Trump has been trying very hard to bypass the daily intelligence briefings that are intrinsic to the daily schedules of U.S. Presidents.

According to recent reports, the president-elect has stated that he is too smart to be given daily briefings, and that is why he has confined them to one briefing per week and once on Sundays.

The center-right National Party caucus unanimously backed English at a meeting on the morning of Dec. 12 and he travelled to Government House in Wellington a few hours later to officially take over.

State Services Minister Paula Bennett was named as deputy leader.

China expressed "serious concern" on Dec. 12 after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said the United States did not necessarily have to stick to its long-held stance that Taiwan is part of "one China," calling it the basis for relations.

The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House, and not just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, a senior U.S. official said on Dec. 9.

The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.

BELGRADE - The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help President-elect Donald Trump win the White House, and not just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said, "We will stop racing to topple foreign regimes…" He continued, "Instead, our focus must be on defeating terrorism and destroying [the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant], and we will." 

While Trump was explaining the new foreign policy concept, he also made a historic confession.