Rubio walks back threats of additional military strikes in Venezuela, says Iran is weaker

IRAN-ISRAEL

(28 Jan 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: POOL Washington DC - 28 January 2026 1. Cutaway of Senate hearing 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Dave McCormick, (R) Pennsylvania: "The deaths in Iran, and the horrible atrocities are being committed. Can you give us some sense of we see reports of thousands, tens of thousands. What's the State Department's best estimate of what's happened on the ground?" 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State: "Well, I don't, in the thousands for certain. and