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Rubio Spurs Backlash With Latest Rationale for Attacks on Iran

Mar 3, 2026Center

Secretary of State Marco Rubio sparked fresh criticism over the Trump administration’s shifting rationale for the Iran war after he suggested that Israel’s determination to strike the country had forced the US to act.

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