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Marco Rubio: “The State Department doesn't fight wars. It ends them.”

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

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Rubio points finger at Zelensky for breakdown of Trump meeting

Published | Video Starts at 07:04

And at this moment, as Secretary of State, my job working for the President is to deliver peace, to end this conflict and end this war. Ultimately, that is the job of the State Department. The State Department doesn't fight wars. It ends them. It tries to end them. And that's usually, by the way, celebrated. I mean, throughout history, I've watched presidents to bring about an end to wars and conflicts, and people celebrate that. (07:04–07:07)

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Asserts that the State Department's role is to end wars, not fight them.

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