Marco Rubio: “This is an effort to deny them the ability to continue to constrict and control shipping.”

We want to see this region continue to thrive into the 21st century as a hub of commercial diplomacy, because it is in our interest – because it is our interest from both an economic standpoint and from a security standpoint as well.

One of the things that suffers is the strategic business.

We see nothing good coming from this war.

We want to do more. This is not the end. This is the beginning.