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Pentagon officials, surprised by President Trump's orders, scrambled to work out a plan to halt sanctioned tankers as Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's leader, vowed resistance.
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President Trump says he's imposing a ban on all sanctioned oil tankers leaving Venezuela. Venezuela's government is calling this an 'outrageous threat' intended to rob the country of its oil wealth.
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One of the tankers, Skipper, was seized by American forces in the Caribbean last week in a sharp escalation by the Trump administration.
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The scope of President Trump's blockade against ships carrying oil from Venezuela was not clear on Wednesday.
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