It has to be in the core security interest of this country and there has to be no alternative. And I just don't see any evidence of that in the case of Venezuela. And you know, The rationale that the administration gave was that this was about drug trafficking. But if we're really serious about that, you know, we have yet to hear an answer from the White House on why the president, President Trump pardoned the president of … (08:05–08:11)
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Asserts that the administration justified the operation in Venezuela as being about drug trafficking.
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