Rubio Vows That US Will Defend ‘Every Inch of NATO Territory’
Marco Rubio and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during the NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers' meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 3.
Photographer: Omar Havana/Getty ImagesSecretary of State Marco Rubio reaffirmed the American commitment to NATO after incursions by Russian aircraft into the alliance’s airspace that have shaken governments on its eastern flank.
“We will work with our allies to defend every inch of NATO territory,” Rubio said Tuesday in comments to CBS News as President Donald Trump prepared to address the United Nations General Assembly.