I think now that I'm here testifying with you, there's a lot of State Department involvement in the issue of transitioning and all the projects that we're doing in Venezuela. But Everything that led up to [the transition projects in Venezuela] was not primarily within the jurisdiction of the Department of State. These were Department of War and Department of Justice operations that were ongoing. And so for us to struggle in those cases would be to provide you witnesses that could … (02:53–02:58)
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Asserts that the initial efforts in Venezuela were not mainly under the State Department.
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