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Marco Rubio: “This was not an action that required congressional approval.”

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

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Marco Rubio says Maduro's capture 'not a war against Venezuela': Full interview

Published | Video Starts at 15:30

Why didn't that happen? And will it happen with any future action the administration plans to take in Venezuela or elsewhere? This was not an action that. Yeah. This was not an action that required congressional approval. In fact, it couldn't require congressional approval because this was not an invasion. This is not an extended military operation. This is a very precise operation that involved a couple of hours of action. (15:30–15:33)

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Asserts that the operation in Venezuela did not require congressional approval.

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