Michelle Kellerman

Another big topic is the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's efforts to get money from tolls.

No one in the world is in favor of a tolling system.

It can't happen.

It would be unacceptable.

It would make a diplomatic deal unfeasible if they were to continue to pursue that.

So it's a threat to the world if they were to try to do that.

Asked about the diplomacy, Rubio says the U.S.

is dealing with an Iranian system that is, in his words, a little fractured.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

A day after the Department of Justice announced an indictment against former Cuban President Raul Castro, Secretary Rubio kept up the pressure, describing Cuba as a national security threat for its connections to Russia and China.

He would not say if the U.S.

would try to arrest the 94-year-old Castro, as the Trump administration did with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro earlier this year.

Rubio was speaking on the tarmac in Florida before heading to Sweden for a NATO meeting.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

A day after the Department of Justice announced an indictment against former Cuban President Raul Castro, Secretary Rubio kept up the pressure, describing Cuba as a national security threat for its connections to Russia and China.

He would not say if the U.S.

would try to arrest the 94-year-old Castro, as the Trump administration did with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro earlier this year.

Rubio was speaking on the tarmac in Florida before heading to Sweden for a NATO meeting.

Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.

Secretary Rubio says the reason why NATO is good for America is that it gives the United States bases in Europe to project power in the Middle East.