Rubio Blasts Obama-Clinton Era as ‘Disaster for America’: Benghazi, Russia and ‘Everything in Between’

By Joe Saunders. Sen. Marco Rubio on Sunday aimed a combined blast at President Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by simply stating the ugly, unavoidable truth about the Obama-Clinton legacy on the world.

“Today, our allies trust us less,” the Florida Republican said on “Face the Nation.” “Our enemies fear us less. And America has less influence in the world than it did four to six years ago.”

While much of the interview focused on Rubio’s relationship with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, his one-time mentor and now likely competitor fo the GOP nomination, his Obama-Clinton criticisms were key. Rubio is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. More than the other contenders for the Republican nomination – announced or potential – he has emphasized the foreign policy fault of the Obama administration.

On Sunday, he very much included the Democrat frontrunner in that criticism too. (Read more from “Rubio Blasts Obama-Clinton Era as ‘Disaster for America’: Benghazi, Russia and ‘Everything in Between'” HERE)

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Pro-Amnesty Rubio Swings at Common Core: If I Was President I Could Cut Department of Education

By Carmine Sabia. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio made waves on his first official day on the 2016 campaign trail, tearing into the Common Core education standards and saying he would consider dumping the Department of Education if he is elected president.

Rubio told Manchester Community College students Friday that he is “very cautious about the federal government’s role in establishing curriculum standards.”

“If I was president of the United States, I would not have a Department of Education, perhaps at all,” Rubio told reporters at a party after the speech. “We don’t need a national school board.” (Read more from this story HERE)

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