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Marco Rubio: “Hezbollah is a wingman. It's an extension of Iranian desire…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio conducts a White House briefing

Published | Video Starts at 31:44

So apart from the nuclear weapons, apart from all these other things, these guys are behind all the bad actors. Hezbollah is a wingman. It's an extension of Iranian desire to destabilize the region. So we're very committed to this process. It's not going to be easy. You're asking me a complex question. You know, this has been going on for a very long time. (31:44–32:10)

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Asserts that Hezbollah acts as an agent of Iran to destabilize the Middle East.

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