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Marco Rubio: “Iran has taken both under sanctions and because of sanctions…”

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Interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio on State Department Reorganization and U.S. Foreign Policy

Published April 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 19:34

This will be more complex, I think we have to recognize, and it's important to be honest about it, Iran has taken both under sanctions and because of sanctions relief under Obama, they have spent billions of dollars developing military capabilities. that we're seeing, for example, being used in Ukraine right now with drones and the like. Is the United States capable of defeating and confronting all that? Absolutely, we are. (19:34–19:44)

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