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Marco Rubio: “The Department of War is constantly reallocating resources where they need to be.”

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

Reporter Presses Rubio On U.S. B-1 Bombers Being Pulled From U.K.’s RAF Fairford Air Base

Published October 5, 2026

Be careful. What? Why did American bombers be careful? Well, you'll have. The Department of War is constantly reallocating resources where they need to be. There's regular rotations that happen as well. So I think you guys are just. Well, I mean, we've documented what happened last week. I wouldn't just directly tie that to the move that was made. (00:05–00:10)

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Asserts that the Department of War reallocates resources regularly.

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“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.”
Asserts that aircraft rotations and movements are common due to various operational needs.00:23-00:38