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Marco Rubio: “The President announced this Project Freedom, and the goal…”

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 11:51

I'll be filling in for Caroline today, obviously, so I'll have a brief remarks here, and then we'll get to your questions. As you know, over the weekend, The President announced this Project Freedom, and the goal of it is to rescue almost 23,000 civilians from 87 different countries trapped inside of the Gulf. and left for dead in the Persian Gulf by this Iranian regime. For more than two months now, these innocent sailors and commercial crew members have been stranded out at sea because Iran is conducting something that's not just criminal. (11:51–12:10)

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Asserts that Project Freedom aims to rescue 23,000 civilians from 87 countries trapped in the Gulf.

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