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Marco Rubio: “We'll defend our people, obviously. We'll defend our people. Well, they'll attack our bases. And those are our bases…”

On the recordJune 22, 2025
We'll defend our people, obviously. We'll defend our people. Well, they'll attack our bases. And those are our bases, and we're going to defend our personnel.
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Rubio on U.S. commitment to defend its personnel in the Middle East.

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