Secretary of State Marco Rubio is advising his department to cease refugee resettlement operations and begin ramping up vetting of visas from certain regions.
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Senate confirms Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving Trump the first member of his Cabinet
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Marco Rubio unanimously confirmed as secretary of state, becoming first member of 2nd Trump Cabinet
Marco Rubio Becomes First Nominee Of Trump’s Second Term To Be Confirmed
The Senate unanimously confirmed Marco Rubio as Secretary of State Monday, making him the first Cabinet nominee to be confirmed.
The Senate voted on Monday to confirm Marco Rubio as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, the first high-level Cabinet official for the new administration to be approved by the chamber.
Donald Trump has taken back control of the White House, with his presidential inauguration taking place on Monday.
Rubio is seen as a steady foreign policy hand who has the confidence of Trump and Senate colleagues from both parties.
The Trump administration has lifted restrictions on immigration enforcement at sensitive locations like schools and churches, allowing officers to arrest migrants in these areas. This move reverses policies that had limited Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from conducting arrests at such sites for over a decade.
After a unanimous confirmation vote hours after the President was inaugurated Monday, the former Senator was sworn as Secretary of State on Tuesday. Rubio promised to help Trump deliver on a foreign policy vision for which he has a “clear mandate.”
Marco Rubio has been confirmed by the Senate as the country’s next secretary of state. The nomination of the senior senator from Florida, 53, was confirmed on Monday, Jan. 20, hours after Donald Trump took the oath of office as the 47th president.
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Marco Rubio Sworn In As Donald Trump's Secretary of StateFormer Florida Senator Marco Rubio was sworn in Tuesday as President Donald Trump's Secretary of State. Carrie Underwood performs acapella after technical glitch at inauguration
Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida, is among the least controversial of Trump’s nominees and vote was decisive, 99-0.
Watch as Marco Rubio, Donald Trump's new Secretary of State, delivered remarks to employees at the Department of State upon his arrival after he was sworn into office. The Florida Senator, 53, became the first of the president's cabinet nominees to be sworn into office on Tuesday,
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