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I mean, we re going to see what happens. reporter: it s something he said on his first full day in office, at the cia. the old expression, to the victor belong the spoils. do you remember, i always used to say, keep the oil. reporter: the new white house press secretary attempted to explain president trump s thinking. we want to make sure that our interests are protected. so if we re going into a country for a cause, i think he wants to make sure that america is getting something out of it for the commitment and sacrifice we re making. reporter: the remarks have alarmed the iraqi government. translator: iraq s oil is definitely, constitutionally, the property of the iraqis, and anything to the contrary is unacceptable. i do not think there is any official in the world who can claim something that is not his. reporter: stealing iraq s oil would likely be considered pillaging under international law, a war crime. we are not the vikings. we are not ghengas khan. iraq is ....

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