Sen. Marco Rubio used his confirmation hearing Wednesday to warn a Senate panel that China might move against Taiwan before the decade is over and that a potential ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine must provide the Ukrainians with sufficient leverage to deter a repeat invasion in the future.
Rubio, R-Fla., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to become secretary of State, testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where he is expected to receive bipartisan support in a vote scheduled for Monday. He is one of the few Trump Cabinet choices expected to have broad bipartisan support on the floor, with a vote possible as early as Inauguration Day.
As such, much of the attention around Rubio’s confirmation hearing has focused on how he would apply Trump’s “America First” foreign policy, with its blend of isolationist and aggressive tactics, to some of the world’s hot spots.
