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Tim Kaine: “The amassing of assets around Venezuela and the president's…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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What to Know If You Don't Want a War with Venezuela

Published | Video Starts at 00:55

And it's the kind of thing that just listening to my Republican colleagues is starting to make them really rethink the wisdom of allowing President Trump to wage war on his own. The amassing of assets around Venezuela and the president's sort of unauthorized declaration that he was closing Venezuelan airspace suggests this is getting just too close to home. Virginians don't want to be in more forever wars. Virginians are deployed on the Ford Strike Group in the Caribbean, undertaking actions that could potentially be a precursor to an invasion that should not happen. (00:55–01:06)

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Asserts that military assets are being amassed around Venezuela and airspace closure was declared without authorization.

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