The Senate approved the nomination of Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to be secretary of state 99-0 Monday, hours after President Trump took the oath of office in the Capitol Rotunda. Rubio, 53, is the first Latino to serve as America’s top diplomat and brings extensive foreign policy experience to the job, having served on both the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and as vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. “There’s no way Ukraine is also going to push these people all the way back to where they were on the eve of the invasion, just given the size dynamic,” Rubio said, calling for the US to have a “realistic” vision for how the bloody conflict should end.
Author: Samuel Chamberlain
Published at: 2025-01-20 23:53:46
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