Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State Mumbai, India Taj Mahal Palace Hotel Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press Remarks October 21, 2026 SECRETARY RUBIO: What’s up? All right, let’s go. QUESTION: Sir, The Wall Street Journal reported that Elon Musk is the one who made the decision to throttle Starshield and catch Ukraine off-guard. Is this something you were aware of? Can you — SECRETARY RUBIO: Starlink. QUESTION: Starlink and Starshield. SECRETARY RUBIO: Okay, again, there’s this – all this confusion. These are two separate programs, okay? Starlink is a commercial – Starlink is the receivers you put on the roof of your house and you use for – it’s used for commercial purposes. It’s not a military system, although it could be used in order to guide drones and things of this nature and so forth. And then Starshield is different. It’s a unique defense product that is sold and operated through the Department of War, as an example. It’s two different items and it’s important to distinguish one from the other. I have not seen The Wall Street Journal reporting because I have not read it. I know that what – so I’m not familiar with the story that you’re referring to. But Starlink
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