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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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May 18, 2025

Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visa.

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May 18, 2025

We have a right to take away visas and indicated the practice could continue.

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May 17, 2025

We're not going to do anything to undermine Israel and its security but by the same token, if there is a possibility here to find a way forward that frees more hostages, including those who are alive but also the bodies to their relatives…

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May 17, 2025

There's no doubt in our mind... that this is a group that the regime in Venezuela uses...

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May 17, 2025

The FBI agrees that not only is Tren de Aragua exported by the Venezuelan regime...

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May 17, 2025

They're wrong," Rubio said of the intelligence community assessment on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.

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May 17, 2025

On the one hand, we're trying to achieve peace and end a very bloody, costly and destructive war.

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May 17, 2025

The mechanics of setting that kind of meeting up would require a little bit of work, so I can't say that's being planned as we speak.

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May 17, 2025

They were not a complete waste of time. For example, there were 1,000 prisoners that are going to be exchanged.

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May 17, 2025

This war could end immediately. And Israel's made that clear. It can end immediately if Hamas surrenders and gives up their weapons.

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May 17, 2025

So we welcome them to the United States, and I think there may be more coming soon.

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May 17, 2025

To move here from half a world away and leave behind the only homeland you've ever known, that's not something people do lightly.

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May 17, 2025

These are people that, on the basis of their race, are having their properties taken away from them, and their lives being threatened and, in some cases, killed.

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May 17, 2025

I think there's evidence, absolutely, that people have been murdered, that people have been forcibly removed from their properties.

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May 17, 2025

We've often been lectured by people all over the place about how the United States needs to continue to be a beacon for those who are oppressed abroad. Well, here's an example where we're doing that.

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May 17, 2025

We don’t have time to waste.

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May 16, 2025

Israel has imposed a blockade for over two months on Gaza, leading United Nations agencies and other humanitarian groups to warn of rapidly dwindling fuel, food and medicine supplies.

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May 16, 2025

The U.S. has presented a strong peace plan and we welcome the Prisoner of War exchange agreement reached in Istanbul.

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May 16, 2025

I wouldn't call it broker, but it's certainly - I think it's a place that both sides would be comfortable going.

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May 16, 2025

Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.

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May 16, 2025

This war could end immediately if Hamas surrenders and gives up their weapons and demilitarizes and releases all the hostages.

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May 16, 2025

I think there's evidence, absolutely, that people have been murdered, that people have been forcibly removed from their properties.

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May 16, 2025

The Vatican would be a place that all parties would feel comfortable.

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May 16, 2025

The mechanics of setting that kind of meeting up would require a little bit of work, so I can't say that's being planned as we speak in terms of picking a site and a date.

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May 16, 2025

On the one hand, we're trying to achieve peace and end a very bloody, costly and destructive war. So, there's some element of patience that is required. On the other hand, we don't have time to waste.

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