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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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