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Andrew I. Rudman is a senior associate in the Center for Strategic and International Studies Americas Program in Washington, D.C. He is also a member of The Steady State , a 300-plus member organization of former national security officials who remain committed to their oaths to “defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.” He is a Colby College graduate and a Bangor native.

On Sept. 2, U.S. forces performed a “ precision strike ” on a suspected drug boat, killing 11 people said to be members of the Tren de Aragua, a group designated by the State Department as a foreign terrorist orga

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