State Department spokeswoman learns Rubio is new national security adviser during live briefing

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State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce learned from a reporter that her boss, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, got an additional job on Thursday.

President Donald Trump announced minutes earlier that Rubio would replace Mike Waltz as national security adviser while staying on at the State Department. Trump nominated Waltz for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

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