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On the recordFebruary 12, 2019
And as certain CIA evidence has now been revealed, we, the day after the coup, acknowledged the coup government.
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Gregory Meeks
Democratic · New York

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Meeks discusses U.S. acknowledgment of a coup government in Venezuela.

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