Jan. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., officially was confirmed as the nation's secretary of state by a 99-0 vote in the Senate.

The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) to become the next secretary of state. The vote took place hours after President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Monday advanced Rubio’s nomination before senators approved it by a 99-0 vote margin.

The American people can rest assured that Marco Rubio will be an outstanding secretary of State, and the Senate should approve his nomination with robust bipartisan support immediately. Thanks to President Joe Biden, he will certainly have his hands full.

Marco Rubio, Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, will say Wednesday that China cheated its way to superpower status.

Elected as the state’s top law enforcement officer in 2018, Moody campaigned on a pledge to voters that she’d be a prosecutor, not a politician.

The senator’s criticism of Chinese “genocide” led the country to forbid his entry, and his attack on Elon Musk’s company could rile Trump’s key adviser.

Several people with Florida connections attended President-elect Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony at the Capitol Rotunda on Monday.

The president withdrew the country from the Paris climate agreement, and promised he would be pardoning people prosecuted over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol.

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U.S. officials say the Trump administration would begin formal international engagements this week when Marco Rubio — expected to be confirmed soon as secretary of state — meets with the foreign ministers of India,

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