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From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers some tough truths to Europe in a well-received speech at the Munich Security Conference, where AOC gets tripped up over Taiwan.

Meantime, the U.S. wraps more nuclear negotiations with Iran as the Pentagon sends more

military hardware to the Middle East.

Welcome, I'm Kyle Peterson with the Wall Street Journal.

We're joined for today's global grand tour by my colleagues on the op-ed pages, editorial board

member Kate O'Dell and Matt Contonetti, a columnist

for the journal's new free expression newsletter. Let's start in Europe at the annual Munich

Security Conference this weekend, where Marco Rubio gave a speech praised in many corners

talking about a potential pivot point for the West, U.S., and Europe. Let's listen to

what he said. This is why we do not want our allies to be weak, because that makes us weaker.

We want allies who can defend themselves so that no adversary will ever be tempted to test

our collective strength. This is why we do not want our allies to be shackled

by guilt and shame. We want allies who are proud of their culture and of their heritage,

who understand that we are heirs to the same great and noble civilization and who, together with us,

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