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Marco Rubio: “If Iran was not a threat to the region, if the Iranian regime – because let me be clear, I'm talking about the Iranian…”

On the recordJune 22, 2025
If Iran was not a threat to the region, if the Iranian regime – because let me be clear, I'm talking about the Iranian people. If the regime was not a threat to the region, we wouldn't have to have any of these bases.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Secretary of State on U.S. military presence in the Middle East.

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