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Marco Rubio: “More people are dying a week in that war [Ukraine, Russia…”

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Published | Video Starts at 03:42

And that's why, even as we speak to you now, Steve Woodkoff is in Moscow trying to find a way to end this war to save lives of 8,9000 people. Mr. President, as you want to, are dying. Every week More people are dying a week in that war [Ukraine, Russia conflict] than have died in the entirety of the U.S.'s involvement in Afghanistan or Iraq. Just think about that. How bloody and destructive it is. The president has taken on this issue of Sudan personally, not send out deputies to do it again far away … (03:42–03:48)

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Asserts that weekly casualties in the Ukraine-Russia conflict exceed total U.S. casualties in Afghanistan or Iraq.

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