US Senate Confirms Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State

The US Senate has confirmed Rex Tillerson as U.S secretary of state, filling a key spot on the Republican's National Security team despite concerns about the former Exxon Mobil chief executive officer's ties to Russia.

In the vote on yesterday, 56 senators backed Tillerson, and 43 voted against him.
 
The tally was showed that voting was largely along party lines, with Republicans favouring Mr. Tillerson, along with four members of the Democratic caucus including Senators Heidi Heitkamp, Joe Manchin and Mark Warner as well as Angus King, an independent Senator. 

SOURCE: ALJAZEERA