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Unpacking Marco Rubio's Munich Security Conference speech

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Jared Reed | Richard Walker
February 14, 2026

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's speech at the Munich Security Conference had a markedly different tone than the one Vice President JD Vance gave last year. DW's Richard Walker unpacks Rubio's remarks.

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