
Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, announced at a press conference Thursday that he will appoint Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill the seat vacated by Sen. Marco Rubio, who President-elect Donald Trump has nominated to serve as his secretary of state.
Rubio, a conventionally hawkish Republican and supporter of NATO, is less controversial than some of Trump's other picks and is expected to easily win confirmation with Democratic support.