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Rubio says he has no progress to report on Iran diplomacy

Speaking to reporters on Sunday at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked about diplomatic progress with Iran and said: "I don’t have any progress to report to you." Asked about Russia-Ukraine, he said: "there’ll be talks tomorrow, starting tomorrow, in Abu Dhabi." Asked about strikes, he said: "the U.S. acts defensively. If there’s a threat to our forces in the region, we will act against those."

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