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Craig Goldman: “Those [seized oil tankers] were not defined oil tankers…”

Featuring: Craig Goldman, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 12

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Rep. Craig Goldman on U.S. Military Action in Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 01:00

Are you in favor of those actions and what do you expect as far as further action? Yeah, Secretary Rubio touched upon that yesterday as well. Those [seized oil tankers] were not defined oil tankers. They were not registered to any country. And so we kind of have an idea with the intelligence where those oil tankers were headed. And so we had every right to seize those oil tankers. (01:00–04:25)

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