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Rex Tillerson Out of the White House

April Ryan
March 13, 2018

In this Dec. 20, 2017, photo, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. Tillerson huddles Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018, with nations that fought on America's side in the Korean War, looking to tighten the economic noose around North Korea over its nuclear weapons even as hopes rise for diplomacy. The 20-nation gathering in Vancouver, Canada, hosted by Tillerson and his Canadian counterpart Chrystia Freeland, was called before the recent start of talks between North and South Korea, the first in two years. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks to survivors after laying a wreath during a ceremony at Memorial Park in honor of the victims of the deadly 1998 U.S. Embassy bombing, in Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, March 11, 2018. In 1998 the US embassies were bombed in near simultaneous attacks in two East African cities, in which over 200 people were killed. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Rex Tillerson was notified while overseas on Friday he is out as Secretary of State, to be replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo. AURN White House correspondent April Ryan with the story.

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan