How the Pentagon Is Getting Into the Venezuelan Oil Business Under Trump

Source: www.nytimes.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:50:48 GMT

The Defense Department’s Office of Strategic Capital, founded by the Biden administration to give loans to bolster the U.S. defense industry, is helping lead President Trump’s oil deal.

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