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Marco Rubio: “Right now, the priority number one is to get the hostages…”

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

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Marco Rubio calls on Hamas to release hostages 'as soon as possible' amid peace deal: Full interview

Published | Video Starts at 08:13

So we have to create the conditions for that. That's going to take a while and that's going to be part of what these negotiations are about in the days to come. But Right now, the priority number one is to get the hostages released. If we can't even get an agreement on the hostages being released, you ain't going to have long term peace here. So let's get that piece done. It's the most important. (08:13–08:17)

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