State Department Official Asked About State Secretary Marco Rubio Also Serving As NSA After Mike Waltz Ousting

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During a press briefing on Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce was asked about State Secretary Marco Rubio serving as the National Security Advisor after Mike Waltz was ousted.

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00:00More, if I may. Can you tell us, there's plenty of criticism, as I'm sure you're aware of,

00:06out there, folks who say the new dual-hatted role for the Secretary is problematic.

00:13Can you tell us how he feels about being appointed National Security Advisor?

00:19Well, what I can tell you is that this is a man who accepted a job because he knew he could do it.

00:26He is here. He's had tremendous success as Secretary of State.

00:30He also knows what's required there. He's in the White House a great deal.

00:34He has an excellent relationship with the President.

00:36And if the President's going to ask him to do something, the President feels also that he would be obviously a good fit

00:41or he wouldn't have asked him to do it in an interim basis.

00:44I have found, and I can just speak to my own experience with him, that Secretary Rubio is very focused.

00:50He enjoys being here. He likes his work.

00:53I think most of the time he loves his work.

00:57This is a man who's committed to wanting to make a difference in the world.

01:00And we're in a remarkable time where someone with his family background and experience,

01:05as with President Trump's, as with mine, as with many of you,

01:09maybe sometimes find ourselves surprised to be in this building and working and doing this kind of job.

01:14I find Secretary Rubio to hold that honesty about the reality of our situations really close to his heart,

01:26and I see that in his work and how he responds to people and what his goals are.

01:30So I think it's fair to say that he enjoys what he's doing, that he's grateful for the opportunities,

01:37and he's going to be with everyone talking about, you know, the last person who held this was Kissinger.

01:43I think what we're looking at is a new age in the 21st century,

01:47and Marco Rubio is going to, I think, have a tremendous impact.

01:50Yes.

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