(14 Nov 2024)
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Washington – 13 November 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Marco Rubio, (R) Florida:
“It’s a tremendous honor to the president who places his confidence in me in a position of such importance. It’s also a tremendous responsibility. And the job of the secretary of state is to execute on the foreign policy set by the elected president of the United States. And I hope to have the opportunity to do it, if my current colleagues here in the U.S. Senate confirm me so."
REPORTER: “Senator, Matt Gaetz was also nominated to be the Attorney General of the United States. Would you support that nomination?”
SEN. RUBIO: “Well, I’ll be involved in my own. I know Matt for a long time. At one point, you know, years ago when I was in the state legislature, he actually worked for me. And I was, aspiring to be speaker of the House, so I’ve known him for a long time. And again, I think the president is entitled to his team and he’s made his appointments. And, so, I like Matt a lot. I know him very well, and I’m confident that if the Senate confirms him, he would do a good job. And again, presidents are entitled to have the people that they want in these key positions to carry out the mandate that’s been delivered to him by the voters of the United States."
++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++
STORYLINE:
President-elect Donald Trump is famously unconventional, but he made conventional picks for his two top foreign policy positions. That could be reassuring to American allies, while China and Iran have reasons to be wary.
Trump on Wednesday announced his choice of Sen. Marco Rubio for Secretary of State. Two days earlier, he picked Rep. Mike Waltz for National Security Adviser.
Sen. Rubio told reporters he was honored and called it "a tremendous responsibility."
He also spoke on Rep. Matt Gaetz being nominated as Attorney General.
Rubio told journalists on Wednesday that he thinks "the president is entitled to his team and he’s made his appointments. And, so, I like Matt a lot. I know him very well, and I’m confident that if the Senate confirms him, he would do a good job."
AP video by Nathan Ellgren
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