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State Dept Denies Rubio Resignation Reports as Cabinet Fractures Post-Midterm

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State Dept Denies Rubio Resignation Reports as Cabinet Fractures Post-Midterm

🗣️ STATE DEPT — Rubio's office denies resignation as the cabinet fractures around him. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Rubio controls the Iran diplomatic track — Doha channel, Qatari mediation, any deal structure. If he's positioning for 2028, his incentives diverge from Trump's: owning a failed war hurts him. The denial is loud, but the rumor signals 2028 math is live inside the cabinet. The real variable: who in this room needs an exit, and who still needs a win.

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