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Marco Rubio: “These were Department of War and Department of Justice…”

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

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Testifies on Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 2:17:50

But everything that led up to that point 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 say anything meaningful on a topic that was largely from an interagency perspective in the realm of other agencies. (2:17:50–2:17:55)

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Asserts that operations related to Venezuela and drug boats were under the Department of War and Department of Justice.

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