{"id":6531,"date":"2025-01-21T18:19:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=6531"},"modified":"2025-01-21T18:19:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T18:19:19","slug":"senate-confirms-marco-rubio-as-secretary-of-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xstorynews.com\/?p=6531","title":{"rendered":"Senate Confirms Marco Rubio As Secretary Of State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was confirmed as President Donald Trump\u2019s secretary of state by the Senate on Monday by a vote of 99-0.<\/p>\n

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Rubio will play a key role in fulfilling many of Trump\u2019s most ambitious campaign pledges, including putting a stop to the conflict in Ukraine, thwarting China\u2019s expanding might, and enacting a ceasefire agreement in Gaza.<\/p>\n

Democrats paved the path for a streamlined confirmation process after the Senate Foreign Relations Committee overwhelmingly recommended Rubio\u2019s confirmation earlier Monday.<\/p>\n

For one of their own, it is a thundering demonstration of Senate bipartisanship.<\/p>\n

Since 2011, the 53-year-old Floridian has been a member of the Senate. Before withdrawing and supporting Trump, he was a presidential candidate in 2016. He was on Trump\u2019s shortlist for vice president in 2024.<\/p>\n

Rubio is a well-known China hawk who is against restoring relations with Cuba and would be the first Latino to serve as secretary of state.<\/p>\n

As Axios<\/a> first reported, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Ashley Moody, the state\u2019s attorney general, to take Rubio\u2019s spot in the Senate.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest foreign policy difficulties facing the Trump administration will be Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, which will begin its fourth year next month.<\/p>\n