Trump nominated Senator Rubio to the post of head of the State Department of the United States

The elected US President Donald Trump nominated Senator Marco Rubio from Florida to the post of head of the State Department . This is stated in a statement, a common transition team of the future head of the American state, reports Associated Press.

“He will become a strong defender of our people, a faithful friend of our allies and a fearless warrior who will never yield to our opponents,” Trump’s statement quotes the agency quoted.

Rubio holds the post of deputy head of the intelligence committee in the Senate. He is also a member of the Committee on International Relations. Rubio is considered a sharp critic of China, Cuba and Iran.

The senator was in Congress one of the 15 Republicans who voted against a military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $ 61 billion, agreed in April this year. At the same time, in September, Rubio stated that he was not on the side of Russia, but was playing for negotiations between the warring parties.

Trump proposed the candidacy of the former member of the House of Congress Representatives from the state of Hawaii Tulsey Gabbard to the post of director of national intelligence of the United States . Previously, she was a member of the Democratic Party and participated in the 2020 presidential campaign, but then began to support the Republicans. Gabbard criticized President Biden’s policy in Ukraine, accusing the democrats of pulling the conflict and criticizing the supply of weapons to Kyiv.

At the post of Prosecutor General, the elected president nominated the candidate of Congressman from Florida Matt Ghetz. "He will eliminate criminal organizations and restore the strongly undermined faith in the Ministry of Justice," Trump emphasized.

The Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives from the Republican Party, Michael Gest, told AP that the appointment of a hettz to the post of general prosecutor does not abolish the ongoing investigation of the committee regarding the congressman from Florida. Getz is suspected of involvement in human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation, as well as drug use. If the hetz is approved for the position in the administration, the committee will no longer be able to continue the investigation or publish its own report on the investigation.

Trump said that the Minister of Defense in his administration, he would like to see Pete Hegset, the commentator Fox News and the army veteran who opens against the current "progressive" leadership of the Pentagon. Hegset, if his candidacy is approved by the Senate, can fulfill Trump's promises given during the election campaign: to dismiss the generals who are accused of promoting initiatives to diversify the composition of military personnel.