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Tom Cotton: “Part of that deployment was to collect intelligence to…”

Featuring: Tom Cotton, Republican | U.S. Senate, Arkansas

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Marco Rubio, Sen. Chris Van Hollen and more | "Face the Nation" Full Broadcast - Jan. 4, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 25:37

You're talking about the Delta Force operators who are on the ground. But there is significant military buildup all around South America right now. Yes? You're comfortable with that? No, I strongly support it. I mean, Part of that deployment was to collect intelligence to conduct this operation to quarantine the oil trade that Venezuela was sending to Cuba or sending to our adversaries. But it's not measuring the world. We won't have accomplished our mission until Venezuela starts acting like a normal nation. It stops the drug trafficking and human trafficking. (25:37–25:48)

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Asserts that the military deployment aimed to gather intelligence and quarantine Venezuela's oil trade.

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