For two hours, Donald Trump’s transition meeting with President Biden at the White House briefly restored a sense of normality to American politics. Then, as soon as his plane was wheels-up en route back to Palm Beach, the president-elect released shock and awe on Washington.
The first of three cabinet nominations announced on Wednesday was the most traditional: Marco Rubio, the senior Republican on the Senate intelligence committee, for secretary of state. Less conventional names had been floated and the Florida senator has the experience and respect across the aisle with Democrats to sail through the nomination process.
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Marco Rubio would be the first Latino to serve as secretary of state
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Then came Tulsi Gabbard, a maverick former Democratic presidential candidate who quit the party in