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Marco Rubio: “We don't think that Venezuela is the kind of country that…”

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 1:26:50

And by the way, there may be some program through foreign aid that some of you might be interested in in the future. We don't think that Venezuela is the kind of country that needs [foreign aid]. This is a very wealthy country. Thank you. I'm glad you restated that because I think that we will not, we will see some moment when the administration says let's subsidize our American oil companies to rebuild the infrastructure in Venezuela. (1:26:50–1:26:55)

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Asserts that Venezuela is a wealthy country and does not need foreign aid.

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