Draft:Marco Rubio
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| Name | Marco Rubio |
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| Birth Place | Miami, Florida |
| Brith Date | 28 May 1971 |
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| Religion | Christianity |
Marco Rubio is a Republican American senator who was born in 1971 CE in Miami, Florida, to Cuban-American parents. He has served as a United States Senator since 2011 CE and has been selected as the Secretary of State for the Donald Trump administration.
Biography
Rubio has mostly described himself as the son of "Castro Cuban immigrants", but when reporters discovered that his family actually immigrated to Florida in 1956 CE, when Fidel Castro was still planning to execute his revolution from Mexico, he was forced to retreat from this statement. According to reports, American officials sought to deport his maternal grandfather, Pedro Victor Garcia, in 1962 CE, but he remained in the United States. Garcia's legal status was ambiguous for years, which could be problematic for a party that advocates for strictness on illegal immigration.
Religious Background
When Marco Rubio was seven or eight years old, his family moved to Las Vegas. After this move, Marco, his mother, and his sister Veronica, who were Catholic, converted to the Mormon faith under the influence of their aunt who had changed religion. Marco was very interested in his new religion during that period, but Rubio's father could not accept a religion that did not allow smoking! When the Rubio family returned to Miami, Marco, his mother, and his sister returned to Catholicism again, and at the age of 13, he experienced his first communion. The scariest aspect of Marco Rubio's life was his interest in the Osmonds music group. The Osmonds were the most famous Mormons in the country at that time, and Marco and his cousins liked them very much. During elementary school, Marco formed a singing group with his sister and cousin to perform for relatives at family gatherings.
Education
Rubio received his bachelor's degree from the University of Florida in 1993 CE, but started his work at Tarkio College in Missouri with a football scholarship. Rubio is a serious football fan who hoped to play in the National Football League (NFL) during high school, but he only received offers from two colleges to play. He chose Tarkio College; an unknown college located in a small town with less than two thousand inhabitants in the northwest region of Missouri. The college faced bankruptcy and he was also injured, and for this reason Rubio quit football and transferred to a school in Florida. He graduated from the University of Florida and the University of Miami School of Law.
Political Activities
In 2010 CE, Rubio entered the election campaign stating that Barack Obama, the incumbent president, and the Congress under Democratic control, threatened the country's economy by supporting disastrous domestic spending, tax policies, and healthcare. As Vice Chairman of the Selected Senate Intelligence Committee and a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio spoke mostly about foreign military and economic threats, especially China and Iran. He warned that China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia are increasingly partnering against the United States.
2016 Presidential Campaign
Rubio entered the 2016 CE presidential election competitions and faced a heavy Republican field that included Trump. Rubio won Minnesota, where Ted Cruz, the Texas Senator, came second and Trump came third. His only other wins were in Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico. He left the competition after Trump defeated him in his own state. Trump captured Florida with 45.7 percent of the vote, while Rubio came in second with 27 percent. Rubio and Trump exchanged verbal clashes during the competition, and Trump called Rubio "Little Marco". In response to the insult regarding the size of Trump's hands, he referred to him as a "con artist" and "vulgar". Their relations improved when Trump was in the White House, and when ABC News aired some of Rubio's comments from 2016 CE earlier this year, he downplayed them, saying: "It was a campaign."[1]
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Political Stances
Iran
In March 2017, Rubio, along with four other senators, introduced a legislative bill to expand sanctions against the Iran. This bill included not only the development of ballistic missiles but also items such as support for Terrorism, arms sales, and violations of Human Rights. Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stated regarding this: "These sanctions allow America to take the initiative regarding Iran and decisively counter this country's threats against the security of America and its allies."[1]. In July 2017, Rubio voted in favor of the "Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act". This law imposed sanctions against Iran, Russia, and North Korea. In September 2018, Rubio sent a letter to the Department of Justice requesting an investigation into John Kerry, the former US Secretary of State. Rubio believed that Kerry's meetings with Iranian diplomats after the end of his term and discussions about the JCPOA, likely constituted a violation of federal laws. He emphasized in this letter that the American people "have the right to know that United States laws are enforced equally for everyone, regardless of their rank and position".
Rubio, as a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, issued a statement after the US air strike that led to the assassination of Martyr General Qasem Soleimani, saying: "President Trump, by ordering this strike, took a decisive and defensive step to protect the lives of American citizens and our national interests in the region. This action was taken before Soleimani and terrorist forces affiliated with Iran could carry out further attacks against US facilities and interests in the Middle East. Qasem Soleimani was an enemy military commander and in fact and de facto, the commander of Iran's global proxy terrorism network who was directly responsible for the killing of hundreds of Americans and continued to design and direct terrorist attacks against American diplomats and military personnel". Rubio discussed current developments in Iraq and Iran with Margaret Brennan on the CBS program "Face the Nation" after this assassination. He claimed on this program that Soleimani had not gone to Iraq for a diplomatic trip but was carrying out a specific mission, and his goal was to create a puppet government in Iraq that would be completely under Iran's control.
After the assassination of Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, Rubio said about the future of relations with Iran: "Iran is constantly seeking to harm Israel and it seems they are willing to fight until the last member of the Shia militias is killed. Their goal is to dominate that region. They are seeking to drive America out of the region and then destroy Israel… It is up to the Iranians to decide what they want to do. But I believe that if they escalate the situation, they will find themselves in a very insecure position".
In response to the question "Is peaceful relations with Iran possible?" he has said: Theoretically, if the Iranian regime says starting tomorrow: We will stop trying to become a regional power, we will stop our nuclear weapons, we will stop supporting Terrorism, we will stop trying to assassinate you [which is something they are currently doing regarding Donald Trump], we will stop all these things, yes, establishing such relations is possible and you can resolve something like this. But practically and realistically, this is very unlikely because these are the mission and main goal of the regime. Of course, the people of Iran bear no resemblance to the regime. I know few countries in the world where the leaders and their people are as different as these. The people of Iran are not seeking regional hegemonic power. They are not seeking to support terrorism. In fact, there is significant pressure inside Iran among the people, and they ask that with all the problems they have in the country, why spend all this money on Shia militias and terrorists and Hezbollah and helping Hamas and creating terrorist networks in the West Bank? If Iran is willing to do what I said, we are ready. What we cannot have is a world in which Iran has unlimited resources to continue supporting terrorism, building nuclear capability, and building these missiles and long-range missiles that they have developed in recent years, which threaten not only Israel and the entire region, but ultimately the United States."
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Hezbollah
Rubio, following the death of Hassan Nasrallah, had said in an interview with the NBC network: "I think if Nasrallah were still alive, the risk of a wider conflict would be even greater than it is now. He was a man who would happily say "Death to America, Death to Israel" ... Currently, there are 60,000 Israelis who have been forced to leave their homes in northern Israel for almost a year and are living in Tel Aviv hotels. Their children attend school online in conference rooms; because the group that Nasrallah led, namely Hezbollah, used anti-tank weapons, not long-range guided missiles, anti-tank weapons, to target them and civilian infrastructure; therefore people were forced to leave their homes … This is the reason for the necessity of Nasrallah's killing. Israel wants a 6 to 10-mile buffer zone between itself and Hezbollah so they cannot use these shoulder-fired missiles to target cities and civilian communities so people can return to their homes. Hezbollah refuses to retreat and continues these attacks; therefore Israel has no choice but to defend itself. I think the destruction of not only Nasrallah, but all senior leadership members of this evil organization, is a service to humanity."
Israel
Marco Rubio has always been one of the staunch supporters of Israel during his political activity and has continuously supported policies that benefit strong US-Israel relations. In his speeches in the Senate and public statements, he has emphasized the importance of this alliance and said in November 2015: If America does not stand by Israel, who will it stand by? If Israel - a democracy, a strong ally of the US in the international arena - if they are not worthy of our unconditional support, then which of our allies around the world can feel secure in their alliance with us?
See also
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- Marco Rubio and the facts of his life from being Mormon to immigration, Asr Iran News Agency website, Publication date: 23 January 2025, Access date: 10 February 2026 (date verification needed).
- New sanctions against Iran, The Hill website, Publication date: 23 March 2017, Access date: 10 February 2026 (date verification needed).