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From his perch on the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Florida Republican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio took aim at President Barack Obamas policy in regard to Latin America. Rubio said he would oppose three pending nominations -- those of Roberta Jacobson as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs; Mari Carmen Aponte to be ambassador toEl Salvador;and Adam Namm to be ambassador to Ecuador.

With five weeks to go until voters take part in the first caucus, former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich is surging in Iowa, leading two new polls released on Tuesday.

State Sen. Ellyn Bogdanoff, R-Fort Lauderdale, one of the authors of the destination gaming bill, expects the proposal will be changed so thatrevenue from theexisting pari-mutuels is placed at the same rate with the mega-casinos allowed in her bill. Theres no doubt in my mind that this bill doesnt get out of the Senate without parity, the South Florida Business Journal reported Bogdanoff saying Tuesday.

Gov. Rick Scott discussed his health care, education and jobs priorities for the 2012 legislative session during a morning appearance on FOX 35 in Orlando Tuesday morning.