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Marco Rubio: “Choice number two is to try to see if it was possible to…”

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Sec. Of State Marco Rubio Holds Press Conference With Slovak PM Robert Fico

Published | Video Starts at 41:55

Long term civil war, instability, mass migration, playground for terrorists, ISIS running all over the place, Iran getting back in. That was choice number one. Choice number two is to try to see if it was possible to work with these interim authorities, with Alshara and with his team. Guess what? We chose number two because it was made sense. Now, is it going to be easy? No. Is it going to be difficult? Absolutely. (41:55–42:04)

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Asserts that another option for Syria is to work with interim authorities, including Alshara.

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