Mark Warner: “It became more and more obvious from the president's own…”

“Right. So this whole notion that we had this ironclad case, it does on the drug issue, we'll see in the court proceedings. But It became more and more obvious from the president's own words that this was much more about oil. Right. And, you know, yes, American companies had their oil expropriated dozens of years ago. Yes, I think it was. Exxon still had a legal claim. Chevron has continued to operate there.” (04:44–04:50)

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