The US president-elect is filling out his foreign policy and national security team very quickly.
US President-elect Donald Trump is likely to appoint Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State.
That's according to three people familiar with the process, the newspaper reported. "New York Times". The publication stresses that Trump is very quickly filling his team in the field of foreign policy and national security.
Trump could still change his mind at the last minute, but he appears to have settled on Rubio, whom he also considered in his selection as a presidential candidate this year, the sources say. Marco Rubio was elected senator in 2010 and has carved out a position for himself as a foreign policy hawk, taking a tough stance on China, Iran, Venezuela and Cuba.
Marco Rubio, 53, was born in Miami to a family of Cuban refugees. His father is a bartender and his mother works as a housekeeper at a Las Vegas hotel. Rubio lived in Las Vegas from 1979 to 1985, after which the family moved back to Miami in 1985. He graduated with honors, with a degree in legal studies. He is married to a Colombian woman from whom he has 4 children. Marco Rubio speaks fluent Spanish. I BGNES
