Tensions between the U.S. and China have been rising for some time now, and Rubio's appointment has widely been seen as a sign that Trump plans to maintain a hard line on China during his second term. One of the most outspoken China hawks in Washington, Rubio has introduced several bills targeting the Chinese Communist Party.

As America’s top diplomat, Rubio will not need to be briefed on the state of play. His views were forged in Miami, which has its own foreign policy and serves as the de facto capital of Latin America. It is a Latino-dominated city of exiles, where political shake ups in Latin America can lead to the eruption of local protests.

Like the Trump presidency, Rubio placed mass migration and border security at the top of his priorities list. Marco Rubio, Donald Trump’s newly-confirmed secretary of state, has assumed office with gusto,

House Democrats urged President Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio to lift the foreign assistance freeze mandated by an executive order from earlier this week, cutting off most U.S-funded

The two term South Dakota Gov. was tapped by Trump in Nov. and will be key in enacting the new president's mass deportation plan.

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet. The vote was unanimous.

Marco Rubio has been confirmed by the Senate for secretary of state with unanimous support. Now comes the hard part that could make or break his tenure: retaining the full backing of his new boss, Donald Trump.

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A veteran of the Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio is widely seen as one of Trump's least controversial Cabinet picks and is expected to sail through the nomination process.

President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees are so far sailing through their Senate confirmation hearings. But only one appears likely to sail on to a swift vote on Trump’s first day in office.

About 40 top leaders joined the effort to prepare for avian flu and other emergencies. Kennedy instead lobbied senators on his controversial nomination.

One of Trump’s picks is currently an evangelical pastor: Southern Baptist Scott Turner, an associate pastor at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, was tapped to be Trump’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).