Rex Tillerson, President Trump's secretary of state, addressed the media firestorm around his decision to deny access to a traveling press pool during his recent trip to China.
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Tillerson on the lack of press pool on Asia trip: 'I'm not a big media access person'
The Secretary of State said that he will communicate with the American public through the media when necessary, but he is not a 'big media access person.'
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In an interview with the Independent Review Journal, Tillerson said the denial sprung from a need to save money, as well as his own personal preference, rather than a conscious decision to withhold information from the press and American public.
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