As the country’s top diplomat, Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who has a special interest in Latin America, would be tasked with navigating Donald Trump’s efforts to expand U.S. influence.

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

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees for the Department of Justice, State Department and more sat for Senate confirmation hearings throughout the day Wednesday.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio has promised to implement Donald Trump's "America First" agenda as the next Secretary of State.

Rubio -- long known as a Russia and China hawk in the Senate -- has been accused of dialing back his interventionist foreign policy approach to align with Trump's positions and may face fresh criticism from opponents who believe he might prioritize serving as a yes man to president over serving the country.

By Patricia Zengerle, Simon Lewis, Doina Chiacu and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senator Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, warned on Wednesday that the U.

Sen. Marco Rubio, Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, is widely expected to win Senate confirmation to the post.

A veteran of the Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio is widely seen as one of Trump's least controversial Cabinet picks and is expected to sail through the nomination process.

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Mr. Rubio expressed views aligned with those of most senators who work on foreign policy, while taking care not to break from Donald J. Trump’s unorthodox ideas.

Donald Trump's former primary opponent Sen. Marco Rubio is meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday as the president-elect's secretary of state nominee.