President-elect Donald Trump is widening the circle of candidates for secretary of state and will interview more prospects this week, transition officials said, a sign that after multiple meetings with high-profile hopefuls he still isn’t sold on who he wants as the nation’s top diplomat. Though Mr. Trump’s transition team said last week that the search had narrowed to four finalists , new candidates have emerged, including Rex Tillerson, chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil Corp., one transition adviser said. Alan Jeffers, an Exxon spokesman, declined to comment. A final decision by Mr. Trump could come by week’s end, the adviser said. Vice President-elect Mike Pence, appearing Sunday on NBC, said the list of secretary of state candidates “might grow a little bit.” Kellyanne Conway, a senior Trump adviser, told reporters Sunday at […]

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