President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees for the Department of Justice, State Department and more sat for Senate confirmation hearings throughout the day Wednesday.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is receiving a warm welcome at his confirmation hearing to become secretary of State.

President-elect Donald Trump nominated Marco Rubio to be the next Secretary of State. Here's what to know about his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

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A veteran of the Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio is widely seen as one of Trump's least controversial Cabinet picks and is expected to sail through the nomination process.

Rubio and Trump have put aside past acrimony to make the Florida lawmaker the least controversial in an unusual slate of Cabinet picks.

Marco Rubio drew bipartisan support among Senate Foreign Relations Committee members at Wednesday's hearing and appears headed for confirmation under President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

Donald Trump's former primary opponent Sen. Marco Rubio is meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday as the president-elect's secretary of state nominee.

By Patricia Zengerle, Simon Lewis, Doina Chiacu and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senator Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, warned on Wednesday that the U.

By Patricia Zengerle, Simon Lewis and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Marco Rubio promised a robust foreign policy focused on American interests at his nomination hearing on Wednesday for secretary of state under President-elect Donald Trump who takes office on Jan.