"There's a lot more oversight needed": Rep. Adam Smith, on the U.S., Venezuela and Greenland
Less than a week after the U.S. captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, the Coast Guard seized two oil tankers accused of violating U.S. sanctions. One of the vessels, seized in the North Atlantic, was registered in Russia.
The Trump Administration is leaning on Venezuela to open up its oil industry to U.S. companies and oust the influence of Russia and China. President Trump said Tuesday that Venezuela will turn over 30 to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S.
As this new era of interventionism unfolds, Greenland also appears to have returned to the top of the White…
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