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Marco Rubio: “There were months where, frankly, I doubted whether they…”

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

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Marco Rubio on Faith, Freedom, and Finding Purpose

Published | Video Starts at 03:36

We've met a lot of those families. A lot of those families that we saw the videos are people we've met with four, five, six times. And in the depths of this, There were months where, frankly, I doubted whether they were ever going to see their loved ones again. I mean, it was a real question about whether it was going to happen. So to be able to watch video of these people that I've met with, some of … (03:36–03:40)

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Asserts that there was significant doubt about the success of the hostage release for months.

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