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Rubio heads to Central Asia as some wonder if he's keeping the most pressing matters at a distance

This tour is intended to promote U.S. economic and security ties with Central and South Asia. But it has only tangential links to the Trump administration's current main foreign policy dilemmas in the Middle East and with the Russia-Ukraine war.

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PBS NewsHour· Oct 18, 7:49 PMRubio heads to Central Asia as some wonder if he's keeping the most pressing matters at a distance

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