Rubio Pitches Himself as an ‘America First,’ Peace-Through-Strength Secretary of State Nominee at Confirmation Hearing

Mr. Rubio received a warm welcome from his Democratic colleagues on the Foreign Relations Committee, signaling a quick confirmation by a broad, bipartisan vote.

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Marco Rubio, President Trump's secretary of state. AP/Alex Brandon

Senator Rubio is assuring his Senate colleagues that he will be a secretary of state for all Americans, but especially the middle class that he says has been taken advantage of by Communist China and other adversaries that have abused the post-Cold War international order. At his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, he decried the “dangerous delusion” that emerged after the Cold War which assumed all nations would move toward liberal democracy and commitment to human advancement. 

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