State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce Asked About How Secretary Marco Rubio Will Handle Being National Security Advisor

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During Thursday’s State Department press briefing, Spokesperson Tammy Bruce answered questions about Secretary of State Marco Rubio's new role as National Security Advisor.

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00:00How – from the insights that you do have, knowing the Secretary and knowing this building,

00:06how do you see this working, and what advantages do you see with Secretary Rubio's experience in this new role?

00:14Well, and also his experience certainly in the Senate for so long.

00:17He knows everyone in the city. He knows how the city and how the departments, how the government works.

00:22He has a great connection, certainly with – as a senator, with his constituents here in this building,

00:28with the people who work in this building, and with the American people now as they get to know him.

00:32So his experience also, really, we've seen him be at the White House several times a week.

00:39His close working relationship day-to-day with the President happens for a reason, because they work well together.

00:45They clearly have been in an environment where they've gotten to know each other very well.

00:48And we've seen the Secretary operate with – we have to admit, these last 100 days,

00:55it's like hanging on to a freaking bullet train.

00:58I mean, it is a fast dynamic with people who have a journey that is set with a goal that has been determined.

01:06And it's staffed with men and women who understand what the agenda is and how to get it done.

01:13Now, this is – obviously, the President knows everybody in his Cabinet, and all those Cabinet members have staffs.

01:20And every department has people that he gets to know and that make a difference in how the departments work.

01:26So when we think about how is Secretary Rubio going to do this – well, it's like, how does President Trump run the United States?

01:32You have people around you. It's not just you, right?

01:35These aren't single individuals working every day and pulling the levers.

01:40It's about managing people.

01:42It's about assigning people to the right roles, as the President has just done.

01:47And if anybody can do it, certainly, with the Secretary, as I've gotten to know him, it will be Marco Rubio.

01:54It's all right.

01:55It's all right.

01:55So.

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