Long read describing how Exxon undermines US foreign policy in search of new oil fields, in Iran, Kurdish Iraq, Russia, and elsewhere. I noticed this article because of a screenshot of the part: "[Trump] began fulminating about federal laws that prohibit American businesses from bribing officials overseas." Tillerson says something honorable about not accepting bribes, but of course the article goes on to mention Exxon contributing to dictatorial slush funds in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea and so on. Article ends by describing the lack of leadership at State given the positions that remain unfilled.