Nov 4, 2015
MARCO RUBIO ON FACE THE NATION
He discusses the job of a President,
the role of commander and chief.
Barack Obama does not understand the
risk in the world today. Talks about
Jeb
Bush attacks.
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- Marco Rubio United States Senator for
Florida
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says a Sunni coalition so I do think
it's it's an important tactical step
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forward and needs to be backed up
with increased airstrikes and so forth so I
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don't have a problem with the
tactics of it and the numbers might even have to be
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larger at some point but
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issues can arrive at a strategy and
that's why I think the administration is
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still struggling to outline we're
gonna special forces in Syria but the russians
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are also operating in Syria do you
worry that there's any conflict potential
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problem there whether there is
always that potential is one thing that
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concerns us is that there is an air
strike of some sort that may end up
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eating forces that are americans are
in bed alongside again that's one of the
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issues is deeply concerning about
miscalculation but on the other hand
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Isis will not be defeated
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unless they are confronted by a
organized anti I since Sunni movement
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and that won't happen without
american assistance at some significant level
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like what you're saying proposed now
Donald Trump says no american assistance
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he says let the russians fight ice
and that's fine with us what the problem
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with it is number one the russians
are necessarily targeting Isis right now
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they're targeting on Isis rebels and
it's part of an effort to wipe out any
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non Isis fighters on the ground so
they can turn to the world and say that the
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only choices are either side or Isis
and the second point is that the growth of
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Isis will continue in Iraq their
spread now into Libya where they become a very
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significant presence increasingly in
Afghanistan as well and they're using
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all these operating basis not simply
to conduct regional efforts but also to
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grow recruit people online to attack
us here in the united states how much the
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united states you worried american
voters be worried about the russian
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presence in the Middle East
increased presence in Syria what their goals are
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very different than ours our goals
are primarily threefold one or domestic for
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russia may he wants to put wants to
be viewed as an important international
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leader on par with the United States
part of it is about deflecting attention
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away from Ukraine but part of it is
about becoming a regional power that
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replaces the United States in terms
of a power broker in the region its direction
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and its interest at the end of the
day are largely to prop up Assad who is
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provided for them a foothold into
the region and so they're stepping into a
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vacuum we've left behind in an ideal
world you would be able to work with
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Russia to defeat radical jihadists
but that's not their goal immediately their
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immediate goal is to propping up the
side because it's a client state for
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let's switch now to talk about
executive experience in 2008 republicans run
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talking about the democrats are
running there were some senators running Barack
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Obama Hillary Clinton constantly I
heard republicans say they've never run as
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much as a lemonade stands they don't
have executive experience ever met a
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payroll they haven't got her and why
doesn't that apply to you now as a
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result the president is not a
bookkeeping job I mean it is not some
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glorified accounting job it isn't
the leader of the United States both of its
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people and the nation and the
government and the job of a president is to craft a
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vision for america's future to put
the right people in the right position and
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hold them accountable for carrying
out your agenda but also to rally the
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country behind because entitlement
reform is a huge undertaking it'll never
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happen without presidential
leadership not to mention national security patrol
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commander in chief is the most
important job of the president in the context of
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Barack Obama he has now been
president for seven years he has significant
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executive experience and he's still
making mistakes in my opinion and so
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it's clear that the issue with him
is not that he didn't have executive
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experience is that his ideas do not
work and and and that's why I think it's
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important to elect someone to the
presidency with the right ideas ideas
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that allow the private sector to
succeed because that's where good job creation
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and economic prosperity but also
someone that understands the risks in the world
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today and what america's role in the
world needs to be but I guess when and
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this is obviously something your
opponents are bringing up jeb Bush's
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said in a fundraising appeal he says
you have no credible experience beyond
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governing I guess the question is
have you been in a position where you've had
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to make tough calls where there are
real consequences and where do you get that
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strength from when you if you wanna
make the presidency will you be in those kind
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of decisions all day long multiple
times it is true that the presidency is not
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like being aus senator but it's also
not like being a governor there is no office
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in the world like the United States
President see what I have shown over the
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last five years especially his
judgment good judgment and understanding of the
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major issues before America
particularly on foreign policy I do not believe
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there's anyone else in this race
that is shown better judgment on the issues
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before america today than I have and
and better understanding them especially on
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the foreign policy ground which is
at the end
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most important obligation of a
president presidents don't run the economy what
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you do is promote policies that
allow the private sector to succeed the bush
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campaign called you the republican
Obama is that an insult or compliment I don't
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think they mean it as a complement
and I certainly wouldn't take it is that look
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campaigns are gonna say whatever
they think gives them an advantage and
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obviously someone has convinced jab
that attacking me is going to help us
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campaign it won't change the way we
run our campaign we're going to continue to
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get people serious candidacy that's
optimistic but also realistic about
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america's future about our
challenges about the direction our country needs to
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go that's what I'm going to focus on
and someone else uses to go in a different
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direction you know I think it's one
of the reasons why Barack Obama was
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re-elected in 2012 because too many
candidates spend a tremendous amount of
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time attacking fellow Republicans
and really undermining that Romney before he
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was even the nominee I hope we don't
repeat that mistake and 2016
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jeb bush in the in the debate there
was this big moment between the two of you
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he mentioned earlier missing votes
insanity set as a constituent he wanted
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to be there more you came back at
him not just on substance but you question
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his motives you basically said
you're just doing it because your advisers have
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told you is there nothing genuine
hidden in his critique of you and your
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attendance and this one is no record
of having criticize anyone else in the past
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that's found themselves in the same
position the truth is I don't like
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missing votes but I would really
hate is to wake up on the first Wednesday of
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November to the news that hillary
Clinton has been elected president of
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the united states so we're not
continue to serve the people of florida we have
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we do I think a very good job and
our offices are serving our constituents in
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their actual government will most
certainly be there for most votes in
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many votes there will be some I will
miss and I will miss him because I'm
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campaigning so that in future those
votes actually means something far too
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many votes today in the senate are
predetermined we know what the outcome
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is going to be it's being done for
messaging purposes but it's never gonna
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pass because even if you could find
enough votes to pass it the president
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would veto it I want to become
president so we can actually start turning some of
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these ideas into law and policy and
so when we're away that's what we're doing
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fisherman told her he was a big part
of it I don't know about labels like that
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but he was most certainly a big part
of my career and I have tremendous
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admiration I said that a debate
never gonna hear me bad mouthing me was a
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great governor of Florida and he's
someone I have tremendous personal
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affection for my issues not with Jeb
Bush I'm running for president because I
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honestly believe that our party and
our country needs to turn the page and allow
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people to a new generation of
leadership understands the issues before America
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now I know there are people running
that have more experience than I do on the
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issues we face seventeen years ago
but on the issues before america today
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that's what we should be debating
and I just don't believe there's anyone out
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running who has a better
understanding of the issues before us now than I do
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our people wrong who say that the
reason that was such a moment for you in the
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debate is because you're you have
this relationship this friendship with him
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and you could basically called him
on his motives and that that created this
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drama that everybody's talking about
people who support you say you put jeb
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well I don't know what I mean he
said something I had to respond and I feel
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obviously what I said something that
i believe i do believe that jeff has been
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convinced by people around him that
he needs to attack me in order to be more
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successful I don't personally agree
with it but I'm not running his campaign but
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I but I controlled my campaign my
campaigns that can be attacking him or
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any other Republican either a policy
differences we should debate those
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that's a legitimate issue but I'm
not going to bed now that the republicans I
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want to be the nominee but someone
on that stage is going to be the republican
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nominee I'm not I don't want to do
anything that makes it easier for
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hillary clinton or whoever the
democrat nominee as to defeat the Republican
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because we truly as a nation cannot
afford another four years like the last
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eight let me ask you only on the
senate attendance question in Iowa Senate
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campaign there that the Republican
Senatorial Campaign Committee ran a
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bunch of ads against the democrats
saying he missed a bunch of votes and it
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was devastating for him do you worry
about it worked against the Democrat in
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that state that it could cause you
any political not a political strategist on
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the candidate I can tell you what
hurt me more and that is never coming to hire
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one interacting with voters here and
I think people understand that if I do
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not because I'm on vacation that's
because I'm here interacting with the
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voters in the hopes that they'll
give me a chance to be the republican nominee
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and the president again
unfortunately in the senate today the majority of votes
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are not going to pass their being
voted on for messaging purposes and an
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important message purposes in many
cases I'm running for president so that in the
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future when we vote to repeal
Obamacare or or reallocate the money from Planned
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Parenthood to another entity we can
actually turn that into policy into law
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Senator Marco Rubio thanks so much
thank you