Marco Rubio: “We are on pace and in fact, ahead of schedule on some of…”

“All of this so that they can never hide behind it. To acquire a nuclear weapon. That was our objective from the beginning. That remains our objective now. We are on pace and in fact, ahead of schedule on some of those things. And we are going to achieve those things in a number of weeks, not in a number of months. Mr. Secretary, thanks for your time this morning. Thanks, George.” (06:47–06:52)

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