Can you talk about what they said and whether or not that actually came bore out? Well, I can certainly tell you the message that they sent was that this wasn't about regime change. I mean, They came to Congress and they literally lied to our face. They said, this is just a counter narcotics operation. This is about trying to interrupt the drug flow to the United States. Right around that same time, the White House Chief of staff said publicly, if we ever had boots on the ground in Venezuela, of course we would have to come to Congress. (06:56–07:03)
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Asserts that the administration lied to Congress about the nature of the operation in Venezuela.
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