Marco Rubio: “Once [countries] have acquired the capacity to do it, it's…”

“But I see great benefit in the ability of us to. And it's also, by the way, the kind of foreign aid that ends because Once [countries] have acquired the capacity to do it, it's helped our companies to find a place where they can deploy it. it's helped them to develop independence and it creates good faith among the nations in the future. That is part of the soft power that Senator McConnell was talking about a moment ago.” (06:46–06:54)

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