Well, we will seek congressional approval for actions that require congressional approval, but otherwise they will get congressional notification. And this is not an operation that require congressional approval. In fact, This is an operation akin to what virtually every single president for the last 40 years has conducted. The difference is that when it's Donald Trump, you know, all these Democrats go bonkers. Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target? Mr. Secretary, very quickly. (16:59–17:06)
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