Marco Rubio has no shortage of problems with the way President Obama has conducted his foreign policy.

The Florida senator and GOP presidential candidate says the Obama administration left “chaos” behind in the Middle East after withdrawing troops from Iraq in 2011. In an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep, Rubio says that Russia has gained leverage from the perception that the United States abandoned the region.

Russia has been sending heavy equipment — including warplanes — and troops into Syria. Iraq also announced an intelligence-sharing arrangement with Moscow over the weekend in the fight against ISIS.

Read the article “Sen. Marco Rubio: President Obama Has ‘Strengthened Putin’s Hand’” on npr.org.