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Rubio defends strikes, says Trump stopped Iran becoming nuclear power
Original: Rubio defends Iran war call: 'President prevented Iran from becoming a North Korea in the Middle East'
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is defending the decision to strike Iran, saying the president prevented Iran from becoming 'a North Korea in the Middle East'. His comments frame the military action as necessary to stop Tehran acquiring nuclear weapons, and are likely to fuel ongoing debate in the US and abroad over the legality and wisdom of the strikes and Iran's actual nuclear progress.
Why now: Rubio's public justification of the Iran strikes is drawing attention amid ongoing debate over the war's justification
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