CSPAN - Sec. Rubio Meets With Russian Counterparts
Aired: 2025-02-18
Duration: 01:02


=== Troy Downing's Unexpected Path (01:02) ===

[00:00:00]  Republicans and Democrats about their early lives, previous careers, families, and why they decided to run for office.
[00:00:07]  Tonight, at 9:30 p.m. Eastern, our interviews include Montana Republican Congressman Troy Downing, who paused his career in business to enlist in the Air Force after the September 11th attacks.
[00:00:18]  I was actually moose hunting in Alaska when September 11th happened, so I was one of the last people on the planet to find out about it.
[00:00:24]  I didn't see it on TV and got stuck there because the borders were closed.
[00:00:28]  I couldn't fly over Canada.
[00:00:30]  And as soon as I could get home, I walked into a recruiter's office.
[00:00:33]  I said, Hey, I've got a pilot's license.
[00:00:36]  I used to, you know, was a researcher at NYU.
[00:00:38]  What can you do with me?
[00:00:39]  Watch new members of Congress all this week, starting at 9.30 p.m. Eastern on C-SPAN.
[00:00:51]  Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other U.S. officials met with their Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia to begin dialogues to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
[00:01:00]  No Ukrainian officials were included.