Marco Rubio

Rubio said he's hopeful for the talks set for Thursday, but there are still obstacles.

Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff is leading the U.S.

delegation to Geneva.

Yeah, well, first of all, I'm not going to comment about this specific boat until we have all the information.

So I just want to be clear.

I'm not going to speculate about whose boat it was, what they were doing, why they were there, what actually happened.

I'm not going to speculate on that because it's not smart to do that until we have all the facts.

I don't know who has possession of the vessel, which is the first thing we'd want to have.

We obviously want to have access to these people if they are American citizens or U.S.

residents.

to grow every single year exponentially, which is amazing to me for a country that's facing sanctions, whose economies in tatters, whose people are suffering, and somehow they still find the money to invest in missiles of greater and greater capacity every year.

This is an unsustainable threat.

I'll be brief and to the point.

We want to talk a little bit about the strategic vision of this organization and begin doing so by first acknowledging that we are here today because the President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, has both an ability and a willingness to use the power of his office to think outside the box.

And that's why we're here today.

This was a very unique crisis in Gaza, one that the existing international institutions could not solve or figure out.

It needed a very specific type solution that required the partnership of all the nations that are here, including those that are here on an observer status.

And we appreciate you coming today and being a part of this as well.

And that's the point I want to drive home today.

And soon you'll hear from Steve and Jared, who, by the way, deserve an incredible amount of credit for pulling this together and working countless hours and traveling all over the world