Rubio, who's considering a run for the presidency, tells "CBS This Morning" he can understand why President Barack Obama didn't travel there yesterday.
Rubio says the president must be accompanied by a large security detail and travel party, and said that could have proved distracting.
But he also says, "I think, in hindsight, I would hope they would do it differently" next time.
Secretary of State John Kerry plans to travel there Thursday. Asked about it as he departed India today, Kerry told reporters, "I really think that this is sort of quibbling a little bit.
