“I believe that the world is a safer and a better place when the United States is the strongest military power in the world.”

— Marco Rubio

As quoted in Marco Rubio and Rand Paul Clash http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/11/10/marco-rubio-and-rand-paul-clash-national-security-fox-business-gop-debate (10 November 2015), by FoxNews Insider. Said during 2016 Republican Debate, Milwaukee. <br class="br">2010s, 2015

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