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Marco Rubio: “We are not declaring war on Iran.”

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US-Iran Tensions: Marco Rubio Discusses Trump's Military Strike on Iranian Nuclear Sites

Published | Video Starts at 02:49

By the time we left, the planes were out of their airspace before they finally started realizing they had been hit. So it would be a terrible mistake if Iran retaliates, but that's not our goal. We are not declaring war on Iran. We're not looking for war on Iran. But if they attack us, then I think we have capabilities they haven't even seen yet. (02:49–02:52)

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Asserts that the U.S. is not declaring war on Iran.

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