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Marco Rubio: “If we don't hit them now, a year from now, a year and a half…”

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

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WATCH: Rubio defends U.S. attack on Iran, says State Department helping Americans depart region

Published | Video Starts at 11:47

This is intolerable. Iran cannot have these missiles, cannot have these drones, cannot threaten the world. The President said this is the weakest they've ever been. If we don't hit them now, a year from now, a year and a half from now, no one will be able to touch them. and they'll be able to do whatever they want. And he made a decision to go and he made a decision to go in a joint operation because they gave us the highest chance of success. (11:47–11:53)

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Asserts that delaying action against Iran would make future intervention impossible.

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