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Inside CPAC 2013

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    Fox News' Griff Jenkins goes behind the scenes at the 40th annual CPAC Conference with Sen. Marco Rubio

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One of the -- today's C -- headliners for senator Marco Rubio Griff Jenkins caught up with senator rubio backstage.

What is the message you have for -- what two things one don't forget what made America great is that to -- us to keep -- great for the future and it's important for the world that America remain the strongest and most powerful country.

And second that our movement the movement of limited government infantry enterprises that does the movement of upward mobility -- giving people the chance to improve their own lives and -- given the chance to do for themselves.

And I think -- -- and all these debates that are going on about the future of the conservative movement is lost the reality that the vast majority of Americans.

Remains us hardworking taxpaying Americans.

-- all they wanna do is get ahead and leave the children better off themselves.

The -- -- -- is the next generation reaching out to younger folks.

-- fairly young senator yourself how do you reach these young conservatives and -- -- they translate to votes will they really buy what's being talked about.

Here no matter how old they are I think you reach out to people the same way you always reach out to people by offering relevant ideas to the issues of the day what is it what's going on in their lives what are they hoping for what are they worried about.

And how -- your ideas -- -- that by being relevant to the issues of our time.

Lastly you talked about what's at stake for the nation in your speech.

Could you just speak about that -- -- because it seems to be very heartfelt concern what's sure is I mean I think the world is I grew up in the safest time in human history and in the most prosperous time in American history because.

America was the most powerful country in the world and that's what's at stake now moving forward there are countries particularly China but actively and openly would like to replace this is the most influential nation on earth.

And we should think about that whether we want a country that doesn't have even -- -- some people access to the Internet.

Which forces women to be sterilized and forces abortions on women whether we want a country like that was wanted to do that to their own people to be the most to to to be the most powerful country on --

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