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Chris Wright: “This is a government that for 25 years has just crushed…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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Chris Wright: Not the Plan to Put Boots on the Ground

Published | Video Starts at 02:14

Look, we don't know the details of that stuff yet, but what we want to do is put the incentives in place to transform the situation on the ground in Venezuela. I'm sure you've seen the giant rally saying, libre Venezuela. This is a government that for 25 years has just crushed people's rights, crushed their property, made it unsafe, essentially a large narco drug gun and human running operation. So lots of room for improvement. But I'm quite optimistic that we're going to have to see in the coming weeks how things evolve. (02:14–02:27)

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Asserts that the Venezuelan government has been involved in rights violations and illegal operations for 25 years.

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