Secretary of State Rubio Outlines National Interest as Core of Foreign Policy Recalibration (Part 1 of 3)
December 22, 2025
December 22, 2025
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of a news briefing on Dec. 19, 2025, with Secretary Marco Rubio:
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SECRETARY RUBIO: Are you guys okay if we start early?
QUESTION: Sure.
QUESTION: Yeah.
SECRETARY RUBIO: Nah, let's just wait five minutes. (Laughter.) All right.
Well, thank you, guys, for coming today to cover us and to do this event. I wanted to start - I'm g . . .
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SECRETARY RUBIO: Are you guys okay if we start early?
QUESTION: Sure.
QUESTION: Yeah.
SECRETARY RUBIO: Nah, let's just wait five minutes. (Laughter.) All right.
Well, thank you, guys, for coming today to cover us and to do this event. I wanted to start - I'm g . . .