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Marco Rubio

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U.S. Secretary of State in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Senator from Florida.

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Apr 8, 2014

I think when Americans see what's happening in Ukraine, we're uncomfortable about the fact that we're paying the Russians, what is it, $70 million to go to the International Space Station.

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Apr 8, 2014

To be clear, as we talk about this long-term goal of landing on Mars in 2030, I think what you're describing is that all the things that we are doing now in the interim all build upon each other.

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Apr 8, 2014

I think in an ideal world we'd want cooperation with China because I think three major powers: Russia, China, the United States, and others working in conjunction if in fact we all have the same goals could certainly get some of these…

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Apr 7, 2014

Would you agree that this evidence that is now out there before the public is strong evidence of the fact that Cuba remains a state sponsor of terrorism?

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Apr 7, 2014

Why cannot we just say what is obvious to anyone who sees these facts that the Government of Venezuela is not and does not comport itself as a democracy and in fact, because of all of these activities and others and violence against their…

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Apr 7, 2014

I am concerned that under this administration the size of the Navy's fleet continues to dwindle.

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Apr 2, 2014

I do not think I got that, and I wanted your interpretation of the answer that we got with regard to that question.

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Apr 2, 2014

I wanted to get back to this topic of the Six Assurances under the Reagan administration because I think to be clear and unequivocal with regard to that is critically important in terms of the message that we send and, quite frankly, the…

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Apr 2, 2014

Does it continue to be the policy of the United States that we will maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security or the social or economic system of…

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Apr 2, 2014

I guess my concern now is why cannot the answer be, yes, we remain committed to all six of them as elements of our foreign policy.

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Apr 2, 2014

Does the Obama administration remain committed to President Reagan's so-called Six Assurances to Taiwan?

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Apr 2, 2014

The credibility and the sustainability of the U.S. commitment that the Asia-Pacific is a strategic priority ... is a paramount objective for U.S. foreign policy

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Apr 2, 2014

What steps have we taken to ensure that that does not happen, that that balance is not unsettled to the point where you are actually inviting China to do something like that?

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Apr 2, 2014

I would venture to guess and, in fact, I am pretty sure of the fact that Taiwan has watched with great interest what has happened with Crimea.

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Apr 1, 2014

Clarification regarding the recent announcement that NTIA intends to relinquish responsibility of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) functions to the global multistakeholder community.

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Apr 1, 2014

I have one last question. Will you fully cooperate with the Justice Department if they want to conduct a concurrent investigation alongside the internal one?

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Apr 1, 2014

But, again, my question is, will you look to see if, in fact, there was a decision made by a group of individuals not to move forward on this because of its cost?

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Apr 1, 2014

But if someone was negligent, if someone said, 'We have this information, we don't think it is a big deal, we shouldn't do anything about it,' that is negligence, and certainly someone like that should not continue to work for the company.

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Apr 1, 2014

It seems the purpose of this investigation is to deduce two things: first, the process that led this decision to be made, how was it that this decision was made, so that you never do that again.

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Apr 1, 2014

Will you also look for evidence in that investigation that, in fact, people knew that this was a problem but decided that the costs weren't worth it?

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Apr 1, 2014

Based on what you know over the last few weeks, having dealt with this issue, can you tell us whether General Motors intentionally misled its customers and Federal regulators when someone decided to delay disclosing or fixing the faulty…

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Mar 11, 2014

We have had emergency conditions in both the Southern District and the Middle District.

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Mar 11, 2014

I want to talk about each of them briefly, because they have an extraordinary amount of experience in different fields.

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Mar 11, 2014

What we present to you today are people that are definitely qualified for a lifetime appointment to serve in the Federal judiciary.

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