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Congratulations to Marco Rubio on his unanimous confirmation as Secretary of State--the first in President Trump's Cabinet. America is back and entering a golden age,
Communist China continues to aggressively expand its domain in the Indo-Pacific region, all the while it seeks to impede the sovereignty and autonomy of our regional partners. It’s crucial for the US to continue its support in countering these malicious tactics. India, along with other nations in the region, is not alone,
Rubio said after he introduced the US-India Defence Cooperation Act in the Senate Senator Rubio is an example of a qualified nominee we think should be confirmed quickly. Earlier today, he was unanimously reported out of committee, with full support from Democrats, and he should be quickly confirmed here on the floor,
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor ahead of the voting That dream comes from that fact that his family has a history that started with the immigration to the United States from Cuba, and then watching their former homeland fall into a communist dictatorship that still exists to this day,
Republicans did the same with Secretary (Hillary) Clinton during the first Obama Administration. It was appropriate then, and it is appropriate now. I will vote yes,
When I met with him earlier this month, I reiterated the need to support Ukraine and strengthen the NATO alliance, my concerns regarding the escalating Russian hybrid attacks in the Baltics and elsewhere in Europe, and the importance of Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus succeeding with desperately needed reforms in Bangladesh,
Marco Rubio is a very intelligent man with a remarkable understanding of American foreign policy,
Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the senior-most Republican, said Given the uncertainty around the globe right now, it is in America's interest not to skip a beat and to fill this role immediately,
said Senator Jeanne Shaheen, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee It's no secret that hostile powers from China to Russia, from North Korea to Iran, have formed an authoritarian axis bent on weakening the United States,
While we may not always agree, I believe he has the skills, knowledge and qualifications to be secretary of state,
she said on the Senate floor There is no way Russia takes all of Ukraine. The Ukrainians are too brave and fight too hard and the country is too big. That’s not going to happen,
Prudence in the conduct of foreign policy is not an abandonment of our values,
Rubio said in his opening remarks at the hearing There’s no way Ukraine is also going to push these people all the way back to where they were on the eve of the invasion.”
I’m compelled to suspect that an argument could be made that the terms under which that canal were turned over have been violated,
Rubio said in response to a question by Utah Senator John Curtis In reality, a foreign power today possesses through their companies, which we know are not independent, the ability to turn the
America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on earth, inspiring the awe and admiration of the entire world,
he added, previewing his ambitions of the U.S. on the world's stage And as a result I think we need to wrap our head around the fact that unless something dramatic changes like an equilibrium where they conclude that the costs of intervening in Taiwan are too high, we're going to have to deal with this before the end of this decade,
I don't mean to want to be alarmist about it, but if you listen to Xi Jinping, and it's important when you listen to him ... What they're basically saying is that this is a foundational and definitional issue for Xi Jinping personally,
he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee The national security of the United States is this committee's primary focus—and it is to the benefit of our country to have steady leadership in place as soon as possible,
This is not going to be an easy endeavor, but it's going to require both diplomacy, and my hope is that it can begin with some cease-fire and in order to obtain objectives with war like the one in Ukraine, it is important for everyone to be realistic. There will have to be concessions made by the Russian Federation but also by the Ukrainians."
