Trump says he'll announce secretary of state pick on Tuesday

Donald Trump announced on Twitter Monday evening that he will announce his choice for secretary of state on Tuesday.

Fox News, citing unnamed sources close to the transition, reported Monday night that Trump plans to tap ExxonMobil Corp. CEO Rex Tillerson for the job. There has already been pushback from Republicans like Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who on Sunday tweeted that "being a 'friend of Vladimir' is not an attribute" he was "hoping for from a secretary of state." In 2012, Tillerson received Russia's Order of Friendship award.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.