Name: Donald Trump defends Rex Tillerson for secretary of state despite GOP skeptics
Uploaded: Wed Dec 14 2016 12:05:43 GMT+0000 (UTC)
Duration: 3 min 51 s
Description: Some Republican senators are questioning President-elect Donald Trump’s pick of ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson as secretary of state because of his ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Trump touts him as “friendly with many of the leaders in the world we don't get along with.” NBC’s Peter Alexander reports for TODAY.

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