The Note: Introducing the 'Rubio Doctrine'

— -- NOTABLES

--WHAT RUBIO WILL SAY: Marco Rubio delivers a speech on foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York City at 3:30 p.m. ET, where he'll discuss "international security challenges facing America in the 21st century," according to his campaign. Afterward, he'll be interviewed onstage by Charlie Rose. His campaign provided excerpts of his remarks as prepared for delivery to The Note: "What principles should govern the exercise of our power? The 21st century requires a president who will answer that question with clarity and consistency -- one who will set forth a doctrine for the exercise of American influence in the world -- and who will adhere to that doctrine with the principled devotion that has marked the bipartisan tradition of presidential leadership from Truman to Kennedy to Reagan. Today, I intend to offer such a doctrine. And in the coming years, I intend to be such a president."

--RUBIO'S THREE PILLARS: More speech excerpts provided by the Rubio campaign: "My foreign policy doctrine consists of three pillars. The first is American Strength ... To ensure our strength never falters, we must always plan ahead. It takes forethought to design and many years to build the capabilities we may need at a moment's notice. So to restore American Strength, my first priority will be to adequately fund our military ... The second pillar of my doctrine ... is the protection of the American economy in a globalized world ... As president, I will use American power to oppose any violations of international waters, airspace, cyberspace, or outer space. This includes the economic disruption caused when one country invades another, as well as the chaos caused by disruptions in chokepoints such as the South China Sea or the Strait of Hormuz ... The third pillar of my doctrine is moral clarity regarding America's core values. We must recognize that our nation is a global leader not just because it has superior arms, but because it has superior aims."

--TODAY ON THE TRAIL with ABC's CHRIS GOOD: The Republican National Committee opens its Spring Meeting in Arizona today. Carly Fiorina will kick things off with a speech tonight. Tomorrow, Rick Santorum and Jeb Bush will speak. Today Bush travels to Nevada, where he'll hold a town-hall at a community center in Reno. Later, he'll keynote the Clark County GOP's Lincoln Day Dinner at the Orleans Hotel & Casino. Democrat Martin O'Malley travels to New Hampshire today where he'll visit restaurant Chez Vachon in Manchester and startup incubator Alpha Loft. He'll hold a low-dollar fundraiser lunch with the New Hampshire House Democrats in Concord and he'll visit a house party in Durham tonight.

--ANALYSIS -- ABC's RICK KLEIN: Will there be anything Jeb Bush is asked about more over the length of his campaign than George W. Bush? And inside that world, will there be any issue brought up more than Iraq? Jeb Bush's initial flub of the question about whether he would have ordered the invasion based on what we now know is explainable by his eagerness to answer a question, even if that specific question wasn't asked. But his attempt to clean up that answer with his interview with Sean Hannity the following day does not close off the issue -- not even close. Among his problems in refusing to engage in a hypothetical is that his rivals -- including Chris Christie and Ted Cruz, just in the same news cycle -- are engaging. (Both said they would not have invaded Iraq if we had known the country didn't have WMD.) If Bush wants to get beyond Iraq questions, clarity counts.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

EVANDER HOLYFIELD TRASH TALKS MITT ROMNEY: 'I CAN TAKE A PUNCH.' Boxing legend Evander Holyfield has some advice for Mitt Romney in advance of their charity bout: Try not to pass out, since that's the only real risk of a KO. "Remember - keep breathing, it's going to be alright," Holyfield said on the ESPN/ABC podcast "Capital Games." "If he trusts me, I can do some things that make him look good. Me -- I can take a punch. I'm good, I'm good. If I get hit, it's because I want to get hit.' "I'm a guy you can trust," Holyfield added."It won't be knockout punches." Holyfield and Romney are set to square off Friday in Utah to raise money for CharityVision, a nonprofit group that works to restore vision to impoverished people worldwide, ABC's RICK KLEIN writes. http://abcn.ws/1EBxWUz

THE BUZZ

with ABC's VERONICA STRACQUALURSI

JEB BUSH: IN HINDSIGHT, NOT SURE WHETHER HE WOULD HAVE INVADED IRAQ IN '03. Granting 20/20 hindsight and everything we now know about faulty intelligence, Jeb Bush said Tuesday he's not sure whether he would have ordered an invasion of Iraq if he had been president at the time. "I don't know what that decision would have been. That's a hypothetical," Bush told radio host Sean Hannity, noting "we need to learn from the past." Bush spent the early part of this week getting pummeled by critics for how he handled the same question in a previous interview, according to ABC's CHRIS GOOD. Bush criticized how the war was handled and noted that the George W. Bush administration's intelligence, used to make the case that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, was not proven correct. "Clearly there were mistakes as it related to faulty intelligence and the lead up to the war and the lack of focus on security," Bush told Hannity. http://abcn.ws/1PhiAje

WHY SENATE DEMOCRATS VOTED AGAINST A HUGE OBAMA PRIORITY. President Obama's proposed trade deal faced its first test in the Senate Tuesday, with a critical vote on whether to move forward on legislation giving President Obama "fast-track" authority to make trade deals. But in an odd twist, most Republicans favor it while Senate Democrats are in full revolt against it, ABC's KATHERINE FAULDERS reports. This fast-track authority paves the way for a massive 12-nation trade agreement known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Senate Democrats filibustered Tuesday to block the motion to proceed on the president's trade deal with a vote of 52-45, falling eight votes shy of the 60 votes needed. The problem? Senate Democrats demand that all four proposed trade bills -- fast-track, along with Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), a customs enforcement bill and a trade package for African countries -- be included in a single bill before the Senate even considers opening up a debate on the legislation. http://abcn.ws/1JFTe7L

NOTED: OBAMA MET WITH SENATE DEMOCRATS AFTER VOTE. After the president's fast-track trade bill failed to advance in the Senate yesterday afternoon, Obama met privately with a group of Senate Democrats at the White House. The White House says the president and senators had a "constructive session" and agreed to push forward in approving the stalled legislation. Among the attendees was Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, who co-authored the bill only to vote against it Tuesday, according to ABC's JORDYN PHELPS.

WISCONSIN GOV. SCOTT WALKER MAKES QUIET PILGRIMAGE TO ISRAEL. If a top presidential contender goes to Israel but no reporters are there to record it, did it happen? Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is on a trip there currently, where he has met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Isaac Herzog. In addition to those meetings, Walker has been visiting major historical and religious sites and mostly listening, as evidenced by tweets from Walker and from Matt Brooks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, a U.S.-based group. Walker has planned no open-press events during his roughly week-long trip to the Holy Land, according to ABC's CHRIS GOOD. Tweets will comprise American voters' insight into what he's up to. http://abcn.ws/1bO57wL

REP. ADAM SCHIFF NOT RUNNING FOR US SENATE IN CALIFORNIA. Rep. Adam Schiff, an eight-term Democrat from California, has decided not to run for the open U.S. Senate seat in the Golden State in 2016, he told ABC News in an interview Tuesday. "I have decided not to run next year," said Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. "I feel I'm in a position to have a big impact on national security policy as the ranking member on the Intelligence Committee. And I'd like to continue doing that." Schiff, who is also a member of the Benghazi Select Committee, said he "did look at it very seriously" but reached his decision over the weekend after consulting with family, friends and supporters, ABC's JOHN PARKINSON reports. http://abcn.ws/1H1BJMl

OBAMA GETS PERSONAL ON POVERTY: 'IT'S HARD BEING POOR.' President Obama had a message for the economists with whom he shared the stage at a summit on poverty yesterday: Don't forget the role race has played in economic and social inequality for generations. "It's hard being poor. People don't like being poor. It's time-consuming, it's stressful...it's hard," the president said at a Georgetown University summit on poverty. "All that was happening 40 years ago to African-Americans and now what we're seeing is that those same trends have accelerated and they're spreading to the broader community," he continued. He said everyone has a stake in reversing the downward trend of income inequality, including the upper echelons. "If we can't ask from society's lottery winners to just make that modest contribution, than really this conversation is for show." ABC's ALI WEINBERG has more. http://abcn.ws/1JaAWgQ

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

WHITE HOUSE WEIGHS IN ON TOM BRADY SUSPENSION. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said he has not talked to Obama about the NFL's punishment against the New England Patriots and star quarterback Tom Brady but said, "as a general matter," Brady should be held to high standards of professionalism. "I do think that people around the world, particularly children, particularly boys, do look up to Tom Brady," Earnest told reporters in the White House briefing Tuesday, according to ABC's JORDYN PHELPS. "I think that as he confronts this particular situation and he determines what the next steps will be for him, that he'll be mindful of the way that he serves as a role model to so many." Earnest declined to issue any judgment about whether the NFL suspending Brady for four games, fining the team $1 million, and losing two draft picks over the alleged purposeful deflating of footballs ahead of this year's Super Bowl was appropriate. "I've got lots of thoughts, but none of them I'm willing to share here," Earnest said.

WHO'S TWEETING?

@GovMikeHuckabee: My thoughts and prayers go out to the passengers and victims in the Amtrak train crash in Philadelphia.

@tedcruz: We begin today with heavy hearts because of yesterday's Amtrak crash. Prayers go out to those injured or killed & their family & loved ones.

@ColbyItkowitz: The last time Congress passed an Amtrak bill was 2008. After a fatal train crash. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2015/05/12/the-last-time-congress-passed-an-amtrak-bill-was-after-a-fatal-train-crash/ …

@mikiebarb: Rand Paul, who's had a lot to say about breakdown of family, has son just arrested for DUI: http://jezebel.com/rand-pauls-loser-son-pleads-guilty-to-aggravated-dui-1703960785/+gabriellebluestone …

@DanEggenWPost: GOP contenders talk tough on national security but offer few specifics, by @karentumulty http://wapo.st/1RDWbeD