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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio criticised the International Criminal Court in a speech to the Federalist Society in Washington on Friday, November 13. It was his first prepared remarks since Republicans lost the midterm elections on November 3. Rubio argued for a muscular US foreign policy and against international law that restrains US actions, saying the US would not submit to what he called the sterile vision of radical judges. Middle East Eye reported that he framed the goal of the US-Israel relationship in the same speech.