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Marco Rubio: “I want the Department of State to be at the center of how…”

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

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FULL SPEECH Marco Rubio delivers remarks after Secretary of State confirmation

Published | Video Starts at 11:27

I also want this agency to be, and I don't mean not that it's irrelevant now, but I want it to be where it belongs. I want the Department of State to be at the center of how America engages the world. not just how we execute on it, but on how we formulate it. Some of the brightest minds in foreign policy reside within this building and within this government, and … (11:27–11:37)

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Asserts a goal for the Department of State to be central in U.S. foreign engagement.

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