Why 🐵 NatSecAllTheTime picked: Senate Democrats are challenging the legality and prudence of the Pentagon’s plan to take a stake in a Venezuelan oil company, laying the groundwork for a potential probe into the arrangement on.wsj.com/4jyoBLG

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  This is a significant report on a major strategic shift involving the Pentagon's proposed investment in a foreign oil company and the resulting Senate oversight.

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