Reporter Asks State Department Spokesperson: Is Marco Rubio 'Merging' NSC And Secretary Of State Roles

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During a State Department Press briefing, Spokesperson Tammy Bruce was asked about Secretary of State Marco Rubio's other roles in the Administration.

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00:00Questions. Secretary Rubio, for the past several months, has been wearing two hats,

00:04both leader of the-

00:05Four hats.

00:05Many, many hats.

00:07Specifically, Department of State and NSC. He has shrunken down the NSC and called it

00:14right-sizing. And my question is, are these two roles being sort of merged together into

00:20the same official, or are they being fulfilled in two separate capacities?

00:23Well, I can't speak to the decision-making about the nature of what he's doing

00:29as the NSA. I'm here with the State Department. Of course, he is the Secretary of State.

00:36What I can tell you is when I've been on various trips where the NSA, the National Security Advisor,

00:42and the Secretary have been there together, it's the same kind of work. It's working together

00:48seamlessly. Of course, there's a great deal of time of overlap regarding the nature of what's

00:55happening in the world. So it seems and it appears to be working out smoothly and effectively.

01:01And my second question-

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