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Marco Rubio: “Transnational criminality and terrorism in our hemisphere is…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 16:08

Mira. Violence. Panama, costa rica, ecuador, el salvador, la republica dominicana, Then the Territorial Venezolana, Dominican, etc. Saliento, Venezuela, Pacifico, Tambien, la differentia. Dentrod. Presidente. Ecuador, Hezbollah, iran. … Transnational criminality and terrorism in our hemisphere is a threat to the national interest of [the] United States. … openly cooperate and work with us to confront these challenges. Mexico, their level of cooperation with us is the highest it's ever been in their history. (16:08–16:24)

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Asserts that transnational criminality and terrorism in the hemisphere threaten U.S. national interest.

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