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Marco Rubio: “Peace and security in Puerto Rico is not a foreign issue, but a domestic responsibility of this United States.”

On the recordJune 20, 2012
Peace and security in Puerto Rico is not a foreign issue, but a domestic responsibility of this United States.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio emphasizes that Puerto Rico's security is a domestic concern for the U.S.

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