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Marco Rubio: “Puerto Rico is a domestic responsibility of ours. It is not another country.”

On the recordDecember 14, 2011
Puerto Rico is a domestic responsibility of ours. It is not another country.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing Puerto Rico's status as a U.S. territory needing attention.

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