US Secretary of State Marco Rubio returns to his seat next to his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio after delivering a speech during a dinner with Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the American-Uzbek Business and Investment Council (AUBIC) at the Congress Center in Samarkand on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)