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Marco Rubio: “The President's already said it. That's not going to happen…”

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

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Secretary Rubio's remarks to the press

Published | Video Starts at 02:02

No, I think they'll be against it. I think the whole world will be against any mechanism that charges money to these international waterway. It's that simple. The President's already said it. That's not going to happen. When we mean open the straits, you mean open the strai international waterways. So we'll express that tomorrow I am certain that not only will every country in the Gulf region be supportive, probably with the exception of Iran, but all the GCC members will be supportive. (02:02–02:11)

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Asserts that the President opposes charging fees for international waterway use.

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