Secretary of State Rubio Issues Remarks in Athens Citing Ancient Greek Heritage, Urging European Strength
October 09, 2026
October 09, 2026
ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 9 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on Oct. 7, 2026, by Secretary of State Marco Rubio at an event at the Pnyx:
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SECRETARY RUBIO: There are great ruins all across the world. In many cases, they are places where history seems to have exhausted itself: remnants of distant cultures that have long passed beyond living memory.
But the Acropolis is different.
For thousands of years, the civilization . . .
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SECRETARY RUBIO: There are great ruins all across the world. In many cases, they are places where history seems to have exhausted itself: remnants of distant cultures that have long passed beyond living memory.
But the Acropolis is different.
For thousands of years, the civilization . . .