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| 0:00.0 | Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, |
| 0:07.4 | working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. |
| 0:14.8 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The U.S. Coast Guard has boarded and seized another tanker that |
| 0:22.4 | was carrying oil from Venezuela. As NPR's at Greg Myrie reports, this is the third U.S. takeover of a ship |
| 0:28.2 | this week and the fifth in the past month. The Secretary of Homeland Security, Christy Noam, |
| 0:33.5 | said U.S. Coast Guard forces boarded the tanker Olina in international waters east of the Caribbean Sea. She said the vessel was on the U.S. Coast Guard forces boarded the tanker Olina in international waters east of the Caribbean Sea. |
| 0:39.8 | She said the vessel was on the U.S. list of sanctioned oil tankers that often try to conceal their role in transporting oil from countries that include Venezuela, Russia, and Iran. |
| 0:50.5 | Nome wrote, quote, the ghost fleets will not outrun justice. |
| 0:54.9 | They will not hide under false claims of nationality. |
| 0:58.5 | U.S. forces began taking control of sanctioned oil tankers a month ago |
| 1:02.7 | to put pressure on Venezuela's government, |
| 1:05.2 | and the practice has continued following the ouster of President Nicholas Maduro last Saturday. |
| 1:10.7 | Greg Myrie, NPR News, Washington. |
| 1:13.4 | President Trump met with oil executives at the White House today. |
| 1:16.4 | He hopes to secure $100 billion in investments to revive Venezuela's oil industry, |
| 1:22.0 | but the executives didn't make any promises. |
| 1:24.7 | The CEO of ExxonMobil says after having assets seized twice in the country, |
| 1:29.2 | it would take some significant changes before they went back in. The Department of Homeland Security |
| 1:34.2 | announced it's beginning the process of reviewing those who have been granted refugee status to be |
| 1:39.4 | in the U.S. As NPR's Hima-Bustillo reports, their focus is currently in Minnesota. |
| 1:52.6 | The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service is preparing to review 5,600 refugees who have not yet been given lawful permanent resident status and are in Minnesota. |
| 1:57.7 | Employees are tasked with conducting background checks, reinterviews, and reviews of the applications. |
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