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Our job, across the world, is to ensure that we have a foreign policy that advances the national interest of the United States, ... I expect every nation on earth to advance their national interests.”
We are, at the end of the day, a nation founded on a powerful principle. And that powerful principle is that all men are created equal because our rights come from God, our creator — not from our laws, not from our governments,
This is an extraordinary honour and a privilege to serve in this role, to be here — frankly, to oversee the greatest, the most effective, the most talented, the most experienced diplomatic corps in the history of the world,
That’s what we endeavour to do: to promote peace around the world because that’s in our national interest,
The sanctions of Marco Rubio are killing kids in Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela.”
Another, speaking Spanish, criticised hardline US policies abroad The Communist Party of China that leads the PRC [People’s Republic of China] is the most potent and dangerous near-peer adversary this nation has ever confronted,
There will be changes, but the changes are not meant to be destructive. They’re not meant to be punitive,
he told the audience at his swearing-in, made up largely of State Department employees I get the bilingual protesters,
the lawmaker, a child of Cuban immigrants, quipped Sometimes, the Department of State has been sort of relegated to a secondary role because some other agency can move faster or seems to be bolder or more creative,
I want to also thank the locally employed staff, the nationals of those countries who work with us,
He is a bipartisan solutions-seeker, a guy who can actually get things done, but a conservative of great principle and vision,
To gain immediate control of the vast federal out-of-control bureaucracy, I will implement an immediate regulation freeze, which will stop Biden bureaucrats from continuing to regulate,
Trump told supporters gathered at the Capitol One Arena in Washington, DC Little Marco, keep your hands off our country!”
one protester shouted, denouncing the US’s involvement in “forever wars”. There’s no other agency in the world, there’s no other agency in our government, that I’d rather lead because of the talent that’s collected here in this room and those watching around the world,
As far as the task ahead, President Trump was elected to keep promises, and he's going to keep those promises, and his primary promise when it comes to foreign policy is that the priority of the United States Department of State will be the United States. It will be furthering the national interest of this country, and he's given us a very clear mandate. President Trump has made it very clear everything we do. And this is true in government, but especially at the Department of State
I want to end by thanking Almighty God and my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ...I'm honoured and I'm privileged, cognizant of responsibility, and I want to thank President Trump for his confidence. We will work hard every second of the day to help him achieve the agenda the American people have given him to achieve
In his concluding remarks he said We have a President who yesterday made clear in his inaugural speech that one of the primary goals of American foreign policies is the promotion of peace. Of course peace through strength, peace and always without abandoning our values".
Reiterating the words of US President Donald Trump, Marco Rubio said I want to thank Jeannette, my wife, who has been so supportive".
After taking the oath as the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio thanked the Vice President and then said Everything we do must be justified by the answer to one of three questions. Does it make us stronger? Does it make us safer, and does it make us more prosperous? If it doesn't do one of those three things, we will not do it."
We believe that Senator Rubio has the skills, knowledge and experience to lead the department, and his unanimous vote in committee reflects that.”
In their statement, Risch and Shaheen said
