Senator: No Evidence U.S. Is Planning Venezuela Military Intervention
Sen. Tim Kaine, recently returned from a trip to the Colombia-Venezuela border, has seen no signs of a military ramp-up, despite recent speculation.
By Paul D. Shinkman, Senior National Security Writer March 18, 2019, at 5:40 p.m.
A prominent member of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Monday that he has seen no sign the Trump administration is preparing a military intervention in Venezuela as it continues applying pressure to the regime of President Nicolas Maduro.
"I have seen no evidence that the U.S. is preparing for military plans," Sen. Tim Kaine told reporters. The Virginia Democrat returned this weekend from a trip to the Colombia-Venezuela border, where he observed what he has described as a "humanitarian crisis" driven by civil unrest and widespread power and communications outages.
"You do that as a last resort," Kaine added. "There is no plan that I have seen as a member of the Armed Services Committee."
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