Marco Rubio

What you can't have and what we can't see and what we hope we will not see is that we get into these talks, and these talks are then delayed.

If there are five that are ready to go right now, they should be released right now.

What happens after that? And that is, how do we ensure that we can create a – and help build a Gaza free of terrorism, free of Hamas, free of anything like Hamas?

Hamas has – obviously, look, we're dealing with Hamas, OK? So let's take that with – for what it is.

For the first time in a long time, you see the framework and the output lines of something that could work.

It's going to require a lot of work and a lot of international support, and that's the end goal here of this entire endeavor after you get the hostages out.

We want to get the hostages out as soon as possible. For that to happen, there can't be a war going on in the middle of it.

Reality is, this is a war zone. I mean, this is a place that's suffered a tremendous amount of destruction. That fighting needs to stop.

Beyond that is what happens after that, and that is, how do we ensure that we can create and help build a Gaza free of terrorism, free of Hamas, free of anything like Hamas.

Let's discuss through the mediators the logistics and the mechanics behind how that happens, and that has to happen very quickly. That cannot drag on.

We want it to be as soon as possible.

You're never going to have peace in Gaza as long as there are terrorists operating from that territory threatening the security of Israel.

Well, look, I mean, the ideal outcome here is, you don't have to carry out any counterterror missions because there are no terrorists in Gaza because Gaza is governed by Palestinian technocrats.

The way it’s been handled in the past hasn’t worked. And boy, let me tell you something — you’re not seeing nearly as many boats right now as you were a couple weeks ago. So it has worked and will continue to work.

The State Department had denied visas to people 'celebrating' Kirk’s death.

Yet another coercive move to advance sweeping territorial and maritime claims in the South China Sea at the expense of its neighbors.

The president was not happy about it.

Obviously we’re not happy about it.

I don’t care what the UN says.

Instead of interdicting it, on the president’s orders, we blew it up — and it’ll happen again.

It’s a war. It’s a war on killers. It’s a war on terror.

It will happen again.

Directly engaged in efforts by the international criminal court to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute Israeli nationals, without Israel's consent.

If you're on a boat full of cocaine or fentanyl or whatever, headed to the United States, you're an immediate threat to the United States.

The U.S. and Ecuador are aligned as key partners on ending illegal immigration and combatting transnational crime and terrorism.