Secretary of State Marco Rubio is participating in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila, Philippines, today. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Allison Hooker and Assistant Secretary for Global and Public Affairs Dylan Johnson are part of Secretary Rubio’s team at the ASEAN conferences.

State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said that Secretary Rubio is seeking to advance “a free and open Indo-Pacific that delivers safety, security, and prosperity for the region and for the American people.”

Several Senate committees are holding business meetings today to consider the confirmation of President Trump’s nominees to the Departments of Justice, Treasury, Labor, Commerce, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, the Council of Economic Advisers, and the National Credit Union Administration Board.

As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…

• For discernment for Secretary Rubio and his State Department colleagues as they engage with Indo-Pacific leaders.
• For members of the Senate committees as they assess the qualifications of the president’s nominees to federal posts.
• For the Lord to lead President Trump and guide him to fulfill His good purposes.