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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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Jun 14, 2016

I am also interested in what we are doing, if anything--and I am just kind of taking you to a different part of the world for a moment--in Central and Latin America and particularly the migrant crisis that we now see emanating out of…

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Jun 14, 2016

We've seen a 196% increase in migrant interdictions from the first quarter of 2014 to the same time period in 2016.

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Jun 14, 2016

I want to talk about the Cuban migrant issue and the--just the massive surge.

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Jun 14, 2016

But I guess for lack of a better term, the grade they are in is not necessarily based on their age. It is based on their starting point.

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Jun 14, 2016

And I imagine the education--in what language are they learning?

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Jun 14, 2016

That is the follow-up question. So you described a scenario where a parent basically is looking for a place, sadly, to get rid of one more mouth to feed in the home, and the school provides that outlet. And that is a terrible situation.

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Jun 14, 2016

I think the next logical step at some point is to help leverage our aid to create an entrepreneurial class of women business owners.

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Jun 14, 2016

I personally feel as an official of the United States Government that we cannot walk away from them.

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Jun 14, 2016

one of the things that I think begins to change the dynamic is when you can get more women into senior government leadership positions.

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Jun 14, 2016

Given that the current numbers are clearly straining your resources and perhaps diverting from the ability to do some other parts of your mission, if these numbers continue to increase, if there's a dramatic, let's say, doubling of the…

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Jun 14, 2016

As kids across America cheer at the end of the school year, an annual ritual for many of us, no doubt, children in other corners of the globe are denied access to education as a result of numerous barriers.

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Jun 14, 2016

I think that probably can lead to a more productive dialogue and progress because we do have some things to learn.

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