That never happened. Mr. Secretary, I'm asking whether you were with the president. That never happened. I couldn't be with him because it never happened. The Oil executives were not involved whatsoever in any of the planning on [Venezuelan] matter. None. Did the president, as he said, publicly inform them about the U.S. operations? I think all of those executives learned about this operation the same time everybody else did. (2:25:11)
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Asserts that oil executives were not involved in planning U.S. actions in Venezuela.
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