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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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Aug 17, 2025

They're coming here tomorrow because they're supposed to come here tomorrow. We invited them to come.

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Aug 17, 2025

But, ultimately, if – if Vladimir Putin is going to be offered land that he has not seized yet, but negotiates his way into, doesn't this set a dangerous precedent that the United States now accepts this concept that it is OK to seize land…

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Aug 17, 2025

Yes, I mean, we've repeatedly raised that issue on – in every forum possible.

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Aug 17, 2025

If peace is not going to be possible here, and this is just going to continue on as a war, people will continue to die by the thousands.

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Aug 17, 2025

If there aren't concessions, if one side gets everything they want, that's called surrender. That's called the end of the war through surrender.

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Aug 17, 2025

I don’t think new sanctions on Russia are going to force them to accept ceasefire.

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Aug 17, 2025

Children should be returned to their families. We- on that position, I don't think there's any ambiguity on our side.

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Aug 17, 2025

The Europeans want us involved. The Ukrainians want us involved.

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Aug 17, 2025

The president has that option to then come in and impose new sanctions. But if he did this now – the moment the president puts those additional sanctions, that's the end of the talks.

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Aug 17, 2025

That's just the way it is. And, I mean, the sooner we accept that, that's the reality.

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Aug 17, 2025

In order for there to be a peace deal – this is just a fact. We may not like it, it may not be pleasant, it may be distasteful, but in order for there to be an end of the war, there are things Russia wants that it cannot get, and there are…

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Aug 17, 2025

Both sides are going to have to give up something in order to get to the table in order to make this happen. That's – that's just the way it is.

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