He has publicly announced that he has approved covert operations in Venezuela. Usually if they're covert, you don't publicly announce it. But those two statements, together with the massing of U.S. troops around Venezuela, The most significant massing of U.S. military presence in the region for decades [is around Venezuela]. has inspired three senators, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Adam Schiff of California and me, to file a War Powers Resolution challenging President Trump and saying no president should start a war unless it is authorized by Congress. (00:23–00:26)
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Asserts that the U.S. military presence around Venezuela is the most significant in decades.
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