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McCain Calls for Tillerson to be Given Team at State Dept.

by Associated Press

   U.S. Sen. John McCain is urging President Donald Trump to nominate a
   team of senior officials at the State Department to back up new
   Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

   McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke
   Saturday during an event in Brussels. He pointed to "confusion" over
   whether Tillerson would attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers. He
   does now plan to be there.

   McCain said one aspect of that was that Tillerson "doesn't have a team
   there at the State Department. And I think it's incumbent for the
   president and the administration to get people nominated and
   confirmed."

   The Arizona Republican added during a news conference at the German
   Marshall Fund's Brussels Forum that he expected "that would be a rapid
   process."