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Rubio Statement on Syria Airstrikes

Apr 14, 2018 | Press Releases

Lima, Peru — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after President Trump launched airstrikes with France and the United Kingdom against chemical weapons sites in Syria:

“Tonight, our commander-in-chief ordered our military to defend America’s vital national security interest in preventing hostile regimes like Syria’s Assad regime from using chemical weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. I salute the men and women of our Armed Forces who conducted this mission bravely and skillfully with our British and French allies. I urge the Administration to follow up with a real and comprehensive strategy for ending Assad’s threat to his people, to the region and to U.S. security, and for countering Russian and Iranian support for the Syrian dictatorship’s ongoing barbarity.”