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Marco Rubio: “If you don't confront these groups, they will eat these countries alive.”

On the recordSeptember 10, 2026
If you don't confront these groups, they will eat these countries alive.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Defending strikes on drug-trafficking boats in Ecuador.

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