(Washington, D.C.) Iowa is once again in the national spotlight. Iowa U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley is giving President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, the green light. Grassley speaking on the floor late yesterday. Grassley heads the Senate Judiciary committee.

The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day. Rubio,

The full Senate has just approved Marco Rubio to be President Trump’s secretary of state, 99-0. Rubio, 53, has still not formally resigned his Senate seat, though that will surely follow soon.

Marco Rubio, who has represented Florida in the Senate since 2011, is known for his hawkish stance on China and has been sanctioned by the country twice.

Washington: Marco Rubio, the US Senator from Florida, was unanimously confirmed on Monday as the Secretary of State, making him the first member of President Donald Trump's cabinet to be confirmed.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators returned to the Capitol Monday for a late-evening session pushing ahead on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, with voting possible to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio as the nation’s secretary of state on Inauguration Day.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio unanimously to become the nation’s next Secretary of State.

Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida, is among the least controversial of Trump's nominees and vote was decisive, 99-0.

The Senate quickly confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state on Monday, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new cabinet.

The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, voting unanimously to give President Donald Trump the first member of his new Cabinet on Inauguration Day.

That would be Marco Rubio, the Florida senator ... they are deferring to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on whether or not to speed up Rubio or other nominees — including some prominent ...