Rubio vows to place US interests ‘above all else’ as Trump’s top diplomat

By FARNOUSH AMIRI and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is promising to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” vision as secretary of state, vowing in his confirmation hearing Wednesday that the incoming administration will forge a new path by placing American interests “above all else.”

“Placing our core national interests above all else is not isolationism,” Rubio will tell the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, according...