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U.S. military pressure on Venezuela is escalating and fast
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A guided missile destroyer at the USS Gravely docked in Trinidad and Tobago Sunday
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part of what the Trump administration calls a counter-drug operation, but one that's drawing outrage across the region
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Venezuela is calling the move a hostile provocation after the U.S. also moved the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford closer to its coast
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Asked on CBS Face the Nation on Sunday whether President Trump was preparing for land strikes
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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said it's a real possibility. I think President Trump's made a decision that Maduro, the leader of Venezuela, is an indicted drug trafficker
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that it's time for him to go, that Venezuela and Colombia have been safe havens for narco-terrorists for too long
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and President Trump told me yesterday that he plans to brief members of Congress
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when he gets back from Asia about future potential military operations against Venezuela and Colombia
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The U.S. insists it's targeting drug traffickers, not governments, but Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is warning the buildup could trigger
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what he calls a new eternal war in the Caribbean