Marco Rubio Sworn In, Says War In Ukraine Must End

Marco Rubio was sworn in as the 72nd U.S. Secretary of State Tuesday morning after a 99-0 vote from the Senate to confirm him on Inauguration Day.

In an interview on CBS Mornings shortly after being sworn in, Rubio emphasized the importance of ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, saying, “It’s going to be the official policy of the United States that the war in Ukraine needs to come to an end.” President Donald Trump vowed on the campaign trail to end the nearly three-year-long stalemate within the first 24 hours of being in office.

“It’s a war and a conflict that was started by Russia, but it is now a stalemate, a protracted and bloody conflict,” Rubio said. “It’s been incredibly destructive, I would argue for both Russia and Ukraine, but Ukraine is paying the biggest price of all to its energy infrastructure. To the people whose lives that are lost, to the millions of Ukrainians that have had to leave their countries and are living overseas, the conflict needs to end.”

“And it’s a policy of the United States that we want it to end, we want to do everything we can to help it end,” Rubio added.

Rubio said the Trump administration must secure peace between Russia and Ukraine and ensure that it is “sustainable.”

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“We don’t just want the conflict to end and then restart in two, three, four years down the road. We want to bring stability,” he said. “We have a lot of important and pressing issues around the world, and I think everyone should wake up this morning and be very happy that we have elected as our 47th president a man in Donald J. Trump that wants to promote peace in the world and bring an end to these conflicts.”

Secretary of State Rubio: It is going to be the official policy of the United States that the war in Ukraine needs to come to an END. pic.twitter.com/QoahJwgBUV

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In an interview on the “Today” show, Rubio said that Trump’s foreign policy will be “as straightforward as any in modern times.”

“The priority of the Department of State of the United States is going to be the United States,” Rubio said.

Secretary of State @marcorubio: "The priority of the Department of State of the United States is going to be the United States." pic.twitter.com/o58BjWVU6r

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Rubio was sworn in by Vice President JD Vance after the Senate’s unanimous vote to confirm him. On his first day as secretary of state, Rubio will meet with the foreign ministers of QUAD member countries Australia, India, and Japan.

Vice President Vance swears in Marco Rubio as Secretary of State.

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