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B-1 bombers fly off Venezuelan coast. Two supersonic B-1 Lancers took off from Dyess Air Force Base in rural Texas on Thursday and traveled upwards of 2,000 miles to fly within several miles of Venezuela, the Wall Street Journal reported. B-1 bombers seldom fly near South America but more missions “could be carried out soon,” two U.S. officials told WSJ .

President Trump said at the White House the story was “not accurate,” even though the B-1s’ flight paths were revealed by publicly available flight tracking data. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was at the Q&A session with reporters, did not correct the president, Fox reported .

The demonstration marks the latest use of the U.S. military to increase pressure on President Nicolás Maduro. Last week,

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