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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janene Herbst. President-elect Trump is starting to fill his incoming administration, and he's expected to nominate Senator Marco Rubio as secretary of state. That's according to a source familiar with the selection. That would make Rubio the first Latino to serve as the nation's top diplomat. Once competitors, Rubio has become a top advisor to Trump on foreign relations. And Trump has named Tom Homan as borders are, who will be responsible for delivering on Trump's promise of mass deportations. And here's Jasmine Garst has more.

Homan started off leading removal operations at Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, during the Obama administration administration which oversaw a record number of deportations. Trump named him acting director of ICE pretty early on in his last administration and he was one of the architects of the Trump administration's zero tolerance policy which was when thousands of families were separated at the border. that policy was extremely controversial. Eventually, it was rescinded by the Justice Department. About a thousand children have still not been reunited with their parents.

And here's Jasmine Garce reporting. Indigenous people from around the globe are at this year's annual international negotiations on climate change in Azerbaijan. Ahead of the two-week-long meeting, they outlined priorities, as MPR's Nate Perez reports. Indigenous people from the USA President-elect Donald Trump will likely withdraw the country from the Paris Agreement again. That treaty set a goal of limiting global warming. Jacob Johns is Hopi Nakmeatem. He says tribal sovereignty demands that indigenous people engage on the international level,

including at this UN Convention on Climate Change. And distill our ancient indigenous wisdom into contemporary climate policy. Indigenous communities are often significantly impacted by climate change. That's why indigenous leaders are pushing for the financial resources needed for climate solutions and a just transition to renewable energy. Nate Perez, NPR News. On this Veterans Day, President Biden and Vice President Harris laid a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier

in Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington. This is the last time I will stand here at Arlington as Commander in Chief, to spend the greatest honor of my life to lead you, to serve you, to care for you, to defend you, just as you defended us, generation after generation after generation. Biden also says the Veterans Administration is expanding the types of cancers covered under the PAC Act legislation he signed to expand health care services for vets who served at military bases. This is NPR. There's another legal curveball in the September 11th terrorism case at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

A military court judge has postponed a hearing where the alleged mastermind and two accomplices were going to plead guilty. That's because the Pentagon continues to insist that plea deals reached with the three men are invalid, as NPR's Sasha Pfeiffer reports. This case is complicated, so here's some background. Last summer, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants agreed to plea deals that would let them get life sentences rather than face the death penalty. But 48 hours later, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin rescinded those deals. Then last week, a Guantanamo judge ruled that Austin had exceeded his authority and acted too late by trying

to reverse plea deals that had already been made. Now the Pentagon is appealing that ruling. And because of that appeal, the guilty pleas have been delayed. So the case continues to drag on more than 20 years since the 9-11 attacks. Sasha Pfeiffer, NPR News. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is under pressure to resign. This after an investigation found the head of the Church of England failed to inform police about a serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps as soon as he became

aware of it. Some members of the General Synod, the Church's National Assembly, started a petition calling on him to step down, saying he has lost the confidence of his clergy. U.S. futures contracts are trading lower at this hour. I'm Janene Hurst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. This message comes from Indiana University. Indiana University performs breakthrough research every year, making discoveries that improve human health, combat climate change, and move society forward. More at iu.edu slash forward.