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Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave a keynote speech to the Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention on Friday evening, acknowledging that Americans are struggling in the current economy. He said economic health depends on whether people can afford what they need, not on the stock market, and framed the midterm losses for his party around economic pain. Rubio defended the Iran war as necessary to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, while acknowledging it has raised gasoline prices. He also attacked what he called the weaponization of international law against U.S. foreign policy, criticizing the United Nations, the International Criminal Court and the global elite. PBS NewsHour reported that he said such efforts constrain the United States from acting in its own interests.