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Jiang says U.S. officials are scrambling through inconsistent justifications, including Rubio's claim that the attack preempted an Israeli strike that would otherwise drag Washington in later.
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...pretext. And they tried different, many different excuses. And then finally, Rubio said this. Rubio basically said, look, we had to attack because Israel..."
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"...pretext. And they tried different, many different excuses. And then finally, Rubio said this. Rubio basically said, look, we had to attack because Israel..."
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"Yeah, the narrative, I think, was very poorly planned, even worse than the war has been planned, because it began, as you said, with..."
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"...by a military transport. He brought his entire cabinet, including Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, as well as Peter Hegsev, who is the..."
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"...is protocol because, um, it's usually the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and the National Security Advisor, who also happens to be Marco Rubio."
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"...administration has, I think it was Pete Hegseth or even Marco Rubio, that they held press conferences with the map of the future America..."
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"...sanctioned or stateless vessels continues. That leverage will continue, as Secretary Rubio outlined. So as you've seen today..."
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"...other than maybe, you know, using the State Department through Marco Rubio to leverage a little bit of conflict that way. But I do..."
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"...i don't think want i don't think pete hegseth and marco rubio want this thing to end i think they want to commit a..."
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"...I would do, at least. Right. Because it's very clear, Marco Rubio. He wants to do this and Donald Trump is going to do..."
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"...type of line here no supporting jd vance no supporting marco rubio no supporting tulsi gabbard no supporting any of"
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"...was saying things like he was going you can't vote for rubio because he'll be a puppet of sheldon adelson like whether he knew..."
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"...take the adelson money and also be everything he claimed marco rubio was going to be and also publicly tell us that he's that..."
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