SECRETARY RUBIO: The ultimate question of our time is whether Americans have a moral right to exist as a distinct nation and a distinct people, and thus to demand a government that defends and pursues our interests above all else.
SECRETARY RUBIO: The Greek philosophers’ search for the structure of the universe was inherited by Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, and Newton.
The hunger for new knowledge gave birth to Magellan’s first expedition around the world; to Columbus’ discovery of the Americas; and ultimately, to Apollo 11’s journey to the moon. The qualities that led Alexander to conquer the entire known world reappeared in Caesar, Charlemagne, and Cortes.
SECRETARY RUBIO on ICELAND: There are companies here that do very unique things that we'd like to see in the United States. And there are companies in the United States that I think could find some real, positive economic opportunities to invest in here.
SECRETARY RUBIO: Iceland is not just an important security partner, it is a critical partner in our mutual economic interest for the foreseeable future.
Radical leftism may wear various different slogans and ideologies across place and time, but the fundamental character is always the same.
It is a poisonous resentment cloaked in the language of equality.
Through President Trump and @SecRubio's efforts, the United States, Denmark, and Greenland now have an unprecedented deal that strengthens our national security in the Arctic.
The State Department has now revoked more than 250,000 visas — a historic milestone that reflects our unwavering commitment to protecting the American people.
For nearly seven decades, the Cuban regime has played an indispensable role in nearly every notable far-left insurgency, revolution and militant movement across and beyond the Western Hemisphere.
Read the official report:
SECRETARY RUBIO: "We have to have a relationship with China. We want it to be as positive as it possibly can be. But that won't come at the expense of our allies and partners in the region or our presence here."
.@SecRubio: "What is at stake here is not simply the issue of what's happening in the Straits of Hormuz. It's a very fundamental principle about freedom of navigation. If that is threatened, the global economy is threatened."
.@glennbeck: "Rubio came out with a report from the State Department that casts the Castro regime not just as a geopolitical adversary, but as an ideological nucleus of what is being described as the modern, radical left."