Rubio: Paris Attacks ‘a Reminder’ the Gov’t’s ‘No. 1 Obligation’ Is ‘Security’

STEPHANOPOULOS: "How have these attacks changed the race for the White House? Do you agree with the analysis some have put forward, that it’s going to make it more difficult for outsider candidates with limited foreign policy experience, like Donald Trump and Ben Carson, to succeed?"
RUBIO: "Well, I don’t — I mean, I don’t think this is time to be doing political analysis on all of this. This is a major threat to our country and the world. I have said this repeatedly throughout the race: the number one obligation of the federal government is to secure - is to provide for our security. I said that in the debate the other night again. And I hope this is a reminder that the federal government is involved in all sorts of things. But the one thing it must do and only it can do, is provide for our national security. I made the point the other night, that all this talk about economic growth and prosperity becomes very impossible to achieve if we’re not safe. And this is a reminder of it. Just 48 hours ago, in Paris, France, we were reminded of what happens to a country when it feels insecure."
STEPHANOPOULOS: "Senator Rubio, thanks for your time this morning."
RUBIO: "Thanks, George."