Rubio defends Venezuela operation after NBC questions lack of congressional approval for Maduro capture

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• operation in Venezuela on Sunday as NBC News host Kristen Welker pressed him on why the administration didn't seek congressional approval.
• "White House chief of staff Susie Wiles told Vanity Fair that an attack on Venezuela’s mainland would require approval from Congress," Welker told Rubio on "Meet the Press." "Why didn’t that happen?
• And will it happen with any future action the administration plans to take in Venezuela or elsewhere?"The U. S.
• carried out a strike in Venezuela on Saturday and captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife as part of "Operation Absolute Resolve." "This was not an action that required congressional approval," Rubio responded.
• "In fact, it couldn’t require congressional approval because this was not an invasion.