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Baldwin Takes Senate Floor, Condemns U.S. Military Operations in Venezuela

Published January 9, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:10

The President has offered multiple reasons for last week's operation. Stopping drug trafficking, securing Venezuelan oil, and protecting the Western Hemisphere from our adversaries. Yet Venezuela is not the center of drug trafficking into the United States. And just last month, Trump pardoned the former president of Honduras, who had been sentenced to to 45 years in prison for running his country as a narco state. (04:10–04:16)

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Asserts that Venezuela is not the center of drug trafficking into the United States.

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