EXCERPT:
BASH: “I'm glad you mentioned oil because that is one of the three issues that you had mentioned.”
SALAZAR: “Yes.”
BASH: “And I want to ask you about that. You brought up that there is a possible windfall of up to a trillion dollars in economic activity for oil companies as one of the reasons for, quote, 'going in.' I just want to be clear. So one of the reasons you want regime change is to access Venezuela's oil.”
SALAZAR: “Listen, one of the reasons why I want is because I want to liberate the hemisphere from thugs like Maduro. And I do know that everyone in the hemisphere from Argentina to Canada would love to deal with American companies, including the Venezuelans. They would love to have the American oil companies going in, helping them restructure their whole oil business because it's completely destroyed.”