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Marco Rubio: “Mining in the water is illegal, and Iran has done it.”

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 25:13

Why don't the members of Congress, whoever it is that's complaining about it, they should be all over that these guys put mines in the water. That alone, Mining in the water is illegal, and Iran has done it. This is crazy stuff, but this is what they've done on Cuba. Oil blockade on Cuba. There's no oil blockade on Cuba per se. Here's what's happening with Cuba, okay? (25:13–25:18)

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Asserts that Iran has illegally placed mines in the water.

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