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On the recordJanuary 2, 2017
I think it is accurate to say that your position, it is not that you are opposed to this ideal outcome in which there would be two states but that you recognize that at this moment, given the circumstances that exist in the world today and in that region in particular, it is not likely to have that outcome.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio discusses the challenges of achieving a two-state solution.

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