Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Rex Wayne TillersonGary Cohn: 'I haven't made up my mind' on vote for president in November Kushner says 'Alice in Wonderland' describes Trump presidency: Woodward book Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE on Friday dismissed rumors that he will be replaced by United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley Nimrata (Nikki) Haley'The soul' versus 'law and order' Author Ryan Girdusky: RNC worked best when highlighting 'regular people' as opposed to 'standard Republicans' GOP lobbyists pleasantly surprised by Republican convention MORE, saying in an interview that he's planning to "hang around."

Asked by ABC News's David Muir whether rumors that he was planning on exiting the Trump administration were true, Tillerson replied that "we have a secretary of state currently, and I think he's planning to hang around."

Tillerson on Nikki Haley rumors: "I think we have a secretary of state currently and I think he's planning to hang around." pic.twitter.com/8JUiwKSsvU — ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) September 22, 2017

Haley was asked directly on Thursday whether she was interested in the top State Department job in Trump's administration.

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"No, I do not," Haley responded.

"I’m trying to be responsible in my job, and I’m trying to make sure I inform the American people everything that I know," she said. "That’s what I’m trying to do, and I’m trying to serve the president of this country the best I can."

The U.N. ambassador and former South Carolina governor revealed earlier this month that she told President Trump he "could find someone better" when he approached her about the secretary of State position last year.

“I’m very aware of when things are right and when they are not,” Haley told CNN in early September. “I just thought he could find someone better.”

Trump winded up nominating Tillerson, who was the CEO of Exxon Mobil at the time.