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“We’re literally buying equity, getting equity in companies to give the backing of the U.S., because that’s the only way we’re going to catch up with China on these things,” Jarrod Agen, executive director of the National Energy Dominance Council, said at the American Growth Summit in Washington, according to Bloomberg.
“The Pentagon has made clear that lawful, routine newsgathering techniques—asking questions of government employees and interviewing them for stories—whether on or off Pentagon grounds could, in the Department’s view, “constitute a solicitation that could lead to revocation” of their PFACs,” the lawsuit said.
“Chevron’s operations in Venezuela continue in full compliance with laws and regulations applicable to its business, as well as the sanctions frameworks provided for by the U.S. government,” a company spokesperson said.
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