00:00The U.S. military said four people were killed after it attacked another boat accused of
00:07smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
00:10Trump has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to combat drug trafficking and
00:16asserted the U.S. is engaged in an armed conflict with drug cartels.
00:20Tensions have risen with Venezuela as Trump expressed willingness to conduct strikes on
00:25land, and ordered a blockade this week on sanctioned oil vessels coming into and out
00:29of Venezuela.
00:31Trump vowed to continue the military buildup until the country gave the U.S. oil, land
00:36and assets, though it was not clear why he felt the U.S. had a claim.
00:40Getting land, oil rights, whatever we had, they took it away because we had a president
00:46that maybe wasn't watching, but they're not going to do that, we want it back.
00:52They took our oil rights, we had a lot of oil there, as you know they threw our companies
00:56down and we want it back.
00:58The Trump administration is facing increasing scrutiny from congressional Democrats over
01:02the boat strike campaign.
01:05House Republicans rejected Democratic-backed resolutions on Wednesday that would have forced
01:09the government to seek authorization from Congress before continuing its attacks.
01:16Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the campaign as a successful
01:21counter-narcotic effort, but did not inform Congress about its ultimate goals when it comes
01:26to Venezuela.
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