Transcript: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” March 22, 2026

The following is the transcript of the interview with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on March 22, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: We turn now to NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte, who joins us this morning from The Hague in the Netherlands. Welcome back to ‘Face The Nation.’

Japan May Consider Mine Sweeping Strait of Hormuz If Cease-Fire Reached: Foreign Minister

Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi looks on during a news conference at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 8, 2020. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on March 22 that his nation could consider using its military to conduct a mine-sweeping operation in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping

3/22: Face the Nation

This week in “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” amid an escalation of the Iranian war, a new CBS News poll shows the conflict and rising gas prices are fueling economic concerns in the U.S. Plus, U.N. Ambassador Mike Waltz and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte join. Original CBS News Link

In conversation with Cory Booker

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has been a face of the Democratic Party’s resistance to the Trump administration – from a record-breaking filibuster critical of the president’s policies, to calls for accountability over U.S. involvement in the war with Iran. He also expresses his hopes for our nation in a new book, “Stand,” in which