THE US SENATE CONFIRMS MARCO RUBIO AS SECRETARY OF STATE-The Senate backed Rubio by a vote of 99-0
The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Republican Senator Marco Rubio, as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state.
The Senate backed Rubio with a vote of 99-0 days after the long-term member of the Senate foreign relations and intelligence committees sailed through his friendly confirmation hearing.
Rubio became the first of Trump’s cabinet nominees to be confirmed by the Senate, after the president was sworn in for a second White House term.
Rubio, an advocate for Israel, warned during his confirmation hearing that the U.S. must change course to avoid becoming more reliant on China. He promised a robust foreign policy focused on American interests.
Rubio also said it should be U.S. policy that the war in Ukraine must end. He said reaching an agreement to stop the fighting would involve concessions from both Moscow and Kyiv, and he suggested that Ukraine would have to give up its goal of regaining all the territory Russia has taken in the last decade.
