Rubio to tell senators Trump administration will place American interests 'above all else'

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), President-elect Trump’s pick to lead the State Department, is expected to tell his Senate colleagues Wednesday morning that the incoming administration will place American interests “above all else.” 

“Placing our core national interests above all else is not isolationism,” Rubio will tell members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, according to a copy of his opening statement that was obtained by The Associated Press (AP).

“It is the commonsense...