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Vice President JD Vance Swears In Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, Jan. 21, 2025

January 21, 2025 · The White House · 0:07:47

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What happened

Vice President JD Vance administered the oath of office to Marco Rubio as the 72nd Secretary of State on January 21, 2025, in a ceremony carried by the White House — the first cabinet swearing-in of the new administration, one day after the Senate confirmed Rubio 99–0, the widest margin of the opening confirmation wave as recorded in this site’s chronicle.

Why it matters

The ceremony closed the loop on the administration’s first confirmed appointment and opened the tenure this site now tracks through the State Department’s own channels: Rubio would go on to hold the National Security Advisor portfolio as well, becoming the administration’s central foreign-policy figure. It is also the final White House Vance-catalog item on Lane 2’s Phase B list — the Vice President’s own appearances and swearing-in ceremonies are now paged from Inauguration Day forward.

Sources: The White House, “Vice President JD Vance Swears In Marco Rubio as United States Secretary of State” (official upload, embedded above). Confirmation margin as recorded in this site’s chronicle.