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On the recordSeptember 22, 2015
He is not a political figure. My interest an elected official is the national security of the United States and embedded in that is the belief that it's not good for our country or people of Cuba to have an anti-American dictatorship 90 miles from her shores.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Marco Rubio comments on Pope Francis's non-political stance while addressing U.S.-Cuba relations.

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