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Marco Rubio: “We had to move 50 million barrels of oil that were stuck and…”

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio Testifies on Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 2:27:11

I don't think you had left number one. The only reason why we use TRAFI and VTOL is simply because in the short term We had to move 50 million barrels of oil that were stuck and Venezuela needed to turn that into cash. so that they wouldn't have systemic collapse. And the fastest way to do it in the short term is for the traders to do it because that's in the business that they're in. (2:27:11–2:27:17)

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Asserts that 50 million barrels of oil were moved to prevent Venezuela's systemic collapse.

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