Other Tillerson boosters, in addition to Gates & Rice: Stephen Hadley, Jim Baker & Dick Cheney. Full court press planned for confirmation /4

— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) December 13, 2016

The hitch here: Gates, Rice, and Baker all have financial/business ties to Exxon https://t.co/0Ltwwf9tLe https://t.co/bFuZiplYq7

— Mark Murray (@mmurraypolitics) December 13, 2016