The truth of the matter is that this mission could not have been briefed to Congress because there wasn't even a in the realm of possible until very late in December when All of our efforts to negotiate with Maduro had failed and the President was finally presented these options and made these decisions. It was also a trigger based operation. It may never have happened. It required a number of factors to all align at the right place at the right time in a very limited window. (48:35–48:41)
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Asserts that negotiations with Maduro failed, leading to the President being presented with military options.
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