Marco Rubio被任命為參議院特別情報委員會委員長

Senator Rubio chosen as acting Intelligence Committee chairman

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio will serve as acting chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday, after Senator Richard Burr announced he would step aside from the position during a federal investigation of his stock trades.

參議員多數黨代表McConnell週一宣布，在前任的共和黨籍議員Burr接受聯邦調查並辭去參議院特別情報委員會委員長一職之後，Marco Rubio將會接替他就任。

He is known as a hawk on dealings with China, Russia and Cuba, the country from which his parents came to Florida as immigrants.

Rubio在對中國，俄羅斯和古巴問題上以強硬派著稱，而他的父母正是從古巴移民到了加州。

The appointment makes Rubio part of the so-called Gang of Eight, the leaders of Congress and the Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees who receive the most sensitive classified briefings.

這個任命會讓Rubio成為所謂8人組的一員，他們作為國會兩院的代表接受最高級別機密的報告。