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Marco Rubio: “The drug boat operation, which I support, is not a State…”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 02:34

But I would say both on Venezuela and the drug boat operation, here's the challenge that we face. This is a committee, as you said, I was there for many years, that has oversight over the State Department, The drug boat operation, which I support, is not a State Department operation. 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. (02:34–02:45)

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Asserts that the drug boat operation is not under the State Department's jurisdiction.

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