AP FACT CHECK: Exxon Mobil lobbying at odds with claim
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump's choice as secretary of state, former Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, denied Wednesday that he had pressed the U.S. to avoid sanctioning Russia over foreign-policy disputes. The record, though, is not so clear.