Sen. Warner: "Don't know how anybody" could juggle Rubio's "two big jobs"

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's growing portfolio of administration roles — which now includes acting national security adviser — is "too much," Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Sunday.Why it matters: There's been several instances of dual-hatting in Trump's second administration — but Rubio serving as national security adviser while overseeing the State Department, what's left of USAID and the National Archives brings the multitasking to a new level.Driving the news: Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday that he doesn't "know how anybody could do these two big jobs."The roles of secretary of State and national security adviser, he said, are "frankly very different." And on top of those roles, he noted, Rubio is still in charge of "the remnants of what used to be American soft power for 70 years, USAID." He added, "Even for a Marco Rubio ... I think it's too much."Warner said he "worked very well with" Rubio for years in the Senate — but he noted he's "disappointed by some of the actions he's taken as secretary in this kind of kowtowing to Trump."The big picture: Rubio now has powers no U.S. official has held since Henry Kissinger, who served as national security adviser and secretary of state under President Nixon, Axios' Marc Caputo reported.Zoom out: Rubio took over for former national security adviser Mike Waltz, who Trump announced last week was being nominated to be UN ambassador.Waltz's departure from the post came around a month after the news broke that he had accidentally included a journalist in a Signal chat discussing sensitive strike plans.What we're watching: Warner predicted "a brutal confirmation hearing" for Waltz during Sunday's interview.But the person Warner said he thinks "should be gone" is Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has overseen a tumultuous time at the Pentagon marked by several controversies.Go deeper: Behind the scenes: How Waltz got the boot

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