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Marco Rubio: “It's not unusual to see rotations happen and movement of [aircraft] to different parts of the world based on…”

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

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I wouldn't just directly tie that to the move that was made. The only reason why you guys are focused on how many planes are fearful is because of the threat that happened last week. But It's not unusual to see rotations happen and movement of [aircraft] to different parts of the world based on exercises, redeployments, people changing out, new people coming in, new planes coming in, old planes going out. So crews are changing all the time. You guys are just really focused on that now because of the. So you still have confidence in the bridge security at the base in general? (00:23–00:38)

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Asserts that aircraft rotations and movements are common due to various operational needs.

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