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Rubio, Hegseth brief congressional leaders as questions mount over next steps in Venezuela

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo WASHINGTON, Jan 6 : Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other top officials briefed leaders in Congress late Monday on the striking military operation in Venezuela amid mounting concerns that President Donald Trump is embarking on a new era of U. S. expansionism without consultation of lawmakers or a clear vision for running the South American country. Republican leaders entered the closed-door session at the Capitol largely supportive of Trump’s decision to forcibly remove Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro from power, but many Democrats emerged with more questions as Trump maintains a fleet of naval vessels off the Venezuelan coast and urges U. S.

Rubio, Hegseth brief congressional leaders as questions mount over next steps in Venezuela

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Key Highlights

  • companies to reinvest in the country’s underperforming oil industry.
  • A war powers resolution that would prohibit U. S.
  • military action in Venezuela without approval from Congress is heading for a vote this week in the Senate.
  • “We don’t expect troops on the ground,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said afterward.
  • He said Venezuela’s new leadership cannot be allowed to engage in narcoterrorism or the trafficking of drugs into the U. S., which sparked Trump’s initial campaign of deadly boat strikes that have killed more than 115 people.
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