Marco Rubio
The Public Record
U.S. Secretary of State in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Senator from Florida.
We have a right to take away visas and indicated the practice could continue.
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…
There's no doubt in our mind... that this is a group that the regime in Venezuela uses...
The FBI agrees that not only is Tren de Aragua exported by the Venezuelan regime...
They're wrong," Rubio said of the intelligence community assessment on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.
On the one hand, we're trying to achieve peace and end a very bloody, costly and destructive war.
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.
They were not a complete waste of time. For example, there were 1,000 prisoners that are going to be exchanged.
This war could end immediately. And Israel's made that clear. It can end immediately if Hamas surrenders and gives up their weapons.
So we welcome them to the United States, and I think there may be more coming soon.
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.
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.
I think there's evidence, absolutely, that people have been murdered, that people have been forcibly removed from their properties.
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.
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.
The U.S. has presented a strong peace plan and we welcome the Prisoner of War exchange agreement reached in Istanbul.
I wouldn't call it broker, but it's certainly - I think it's a place that both sides would be comfortable going.
This war could end immediately if Hamas surrenders and gives up their weapons and demilitarizes and releases all the hostages.
I think there's evidence, absolutely, that people have been murdered, that people have been forcibly removed from their properties.
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.
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.





