Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is receiving a warm welcome at his confirmation hearing to become secretary of State.

U.S. Senators overseeing the confirmation hearing of Donald Trump's Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio reacted to a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) promised to make the State Department “relevant again” during his confirmation hearing to lead the agency, facing a receptive audience among Senate colleagues he has served with for more than a decade.

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Wednesday did not speak about LGBTQ rights abroad during his confirmation hearing to become the next secretary of state. The Florida Republican in his opening statement to the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee noted President-elect Donald Trump “returns to office with an unmistakable mandate from the voters.”

Sen. Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the State Department as secretary of state, answered questions Wednesday from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Prudence in the conduct of foreign policy is not an abandonment of our values,” he said in his opening remarks.

Marco Rubio drew bipartisan support among Senate Foreign Relations Committee members at Wednesday's hearing and appears headed for confirmation under President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

Senator Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, warned on Wednesday that the U.S. must change course to avoid becoming more reliant on China, as he promised a robust foreign policy focused on American interests.

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Fla., President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Secretary of State, as he appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for his

That would be Marco Rubio, the Florida senator and secretary of State nominee, who is the only Trump pick being widely discussed as a Day One possibility. Even then, nothing is fi

The Trump administration is bringing new leaders into the State Department at the same time a new reform commission into coming into focus.