{"id":8687,"date":"2025-01-20T19:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T00:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=8687"},"modified":"2025-01-20T19:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T00:16:18","slug":"senate-votes-to-confirm-first-trump-cabinet-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/featured\/senate-votes-to-confirm-first-trump-cabinet-member\/njackson\/2025\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Votes To Confirm First Trump Cabinet Member"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hours after Donald Trumps was sworn in at the 47th President of the United States and his first Cabinet picks has been confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Senate voted unanimously to confirm Marco Rubio as Secretary of State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubio\u2019s confirmation vote passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, 99-0. 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