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Marco Rubio: “If any future Secretary of Defense advised a President to deploy major numbers of combat troops back to the Middle East…”

On the recordFebruary 23, 2015
If any future Secretary of Defense advised a President to deploy major numbers of combat troops back to the Middle East, that they should have their head examined.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio cites a warning against deploying large troop numbers to the Middle East.

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