Rubio first since Kissinger to be secretary of State and national security adviser

From Trump’s rival to one of his top aides, the surprising rise of Rubio

Rubio is the first person since Kissinger in the 1970s to hold the positions of secretary of state and national security adviser simultaneously.

A shock on this week's staff turned Marco Rubio into the first person in 50 years to occupy the two main national security positions in the U.S. government, culminating in a journey that led him from being Donald Trump's rival for the presidency to becoming one of his most prominent advisors. Rubio's promotion as Secretary of State and interim national security adviser coincided with the fall of Mike Waltz, whose aggressive foreign policy stance…

In the United States, Marco Rubio is expected to serve as secretary of state and national security adviser for at least six months. However, Trump is interested in having him work this way all the time.

Marco Rubio will serve as both Secretary of State and National Security Advisor for at least six months, three White House sources told Politico. If a number of Donald Trump's top advisers get their way, the assignment will be longer than that.

With Mike Waltz being nominated as the new ambassador to the United Nations (UN), the post of National Security Adviser was left in the hands of Marco Rubio, current Secretary of State. The former Florida senator thus aggregates his figure, since he will have virtually complete control to shape American diplomacy under the Trump administration. Read more]]>

Rubio's Henry Kissinger Moment: Secretary Also Tapped as Nat Sec Adviser

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's appointment as acting national security adviser puts him in exclusive company as the first official to hold both titles since Henry Kissinger in the 1970s.