I think these are very legitimate questions that we need to be asking and this is going to have to be very carefully examined after this conflict is over. We pay two thirds of that budget. We spend nearly a trillion dollars a year. I'd be negligent while I have you if I didn't ask for an update on Venezuela. You met earlier today with the Venezuelan opposition leader, Maria Corino Machado. (15:51–15:54)
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