BREAKING NEWS: Tillerson: 'I have never considered' resigning as secretary of state

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Wednesday that he has never considered resigning his position, disputing an NBC News report that he had considered such a move over the summer.

"The vice president has never had to persuade me to remain as secretary of state because I have never considered leaving this post," Tillerson said in remarks delivered from the State Department.

Tillerson did not directly address whether he had called Trump a "moron," as NBC reported. "We don't deal with that kind of petty nonsense," he said when asked about the report.

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