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Trump Authorizes CIA to Conduct Covert Operations in Venezuela: Report
- On Oct. 15, President Donald Trump said he is considering U.S. military strikes on land targets to combat drug flows from Venezuelan cartels, adding, `We are certainly looking at land now because we've got the sea very well under control.`
- U.S. military on Oct. 14 carried out its fifth attack on a boat in the Caribbean Sea since September, killing six people, as officials note much Venezuelan drugs arrive by sea.
- Describing the targets, Trump called them `narcoterrorists` trying to bring illegal narcotics into the United States amid migrants and drugs entering the United States.
- Democrats and other critics questioned the legal basis for military strikes on boats without an immediate threat, while President Donald Trump said, `Wouldn't it be a ridiculous question for me to answer? But I think Venezuela is feeling heat.`
- In February, Trump designated some drug cartels as `foreign terrorist organizations`, a move officials say gives legal justification for the strikes, but the administration has yet to deliver evidence to Congress.
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