7 hours agoRubio: US Must Put National Interest in First Plan
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(a year ago)President-elect Donald Trump's nominated for the post of State Secretary faced lawmakers' questions during Wednesday's confirmation hearing in the US Senate. As U.S. Voice correspondent Catherine Gypson reports, Republican Marco Rubio told his Senate colleagues that if confirmed, he would come [...]
Senator Marco Rubio pledged to put America in first place as the top diplomats in President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet.
Putting our basic national interest on everything else is not isolation. It is the conclusion that a foreign policy, focused on our national interest, is not an outdated relic”Senator Rubio said.
Republican Rubio was warmly welcomed by both sides of the Senate Commission on Foreign Relations, where he has served for the past 14 years.
“President-elect Trump and Senator Rubio are clear and realize that where freedom and democracy exist, America has strong allies and trusted trade partners. Marco has a remarkable history of holding communist regimes in China, Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua responsible for their oppression and tyranny. He will work with President Trump to punish communist regimes for their crimes”He said Senator Rick Scott.
Mr. Trump said he'll end the war in Ukraine once he takes over. The democratic senators asked Mr. Rubio to explain what the deal would look like.
What do you think it is important to do so that we have the strongest possible negotiating position, if Ukraine and Russia sit at the negotiating table?Bring the question to Democrat Senator Jeanne Shaheen.
I think the official position of the United States should be that this war should end. The question is what role can we play? This has to be made very clear at first. My differences with the Beden administration throughout this process are that they never clearly determined what the final outcome of the <x1) conflict would be.Mr. Rubio said.
He also spoke of opportunities created by the Gaza ceasefire.
The “in the Middle East is now unlikely to exist 90 days ago, whether that occurred in Lebanon or Syria, or what we hope will happen to the ceasefire and release of hostages after the terrible kidnappings and unwarranted actions of Hamas. Whether it's any of these three things, or the combination of all, there are now factors in action in the Middle East on which I think we can build and open the door for extraordinary and historical possibilities”.
Mr. Trump's nominated to run American foreign policy said China's Communist Party posed the biggest threat to the United States.
They have elements that the Soviet Union never had. They are competitors in technology, industry, economy, geopolitical, science and currently in every field. It's an extraordinary challenge that I believe will determine the 21st century”.
Son of Cuban immigrants, if confirmed, Mr. Rubio would become the first secretary of state of Latin America. The confirmation points are high as the full Senate vote is expected in the coming days. /voa
