(The Center Square) – As the Trump administration continues to target suspected narco terrorists in the Caribbean, one of the top U.S. Navy bases in the region, which was closed two decades ago, could potentially play a pivotal role.

President Donald Trump hosted a roundtable Thursday afternoon at the White House with a focus on crime crackdown and targeting suspected narco terrorists.

The Center Square asked Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth if the administration has plans to expand operations, including homeporting ships at Roosevelt Roads in Puerto Rico, a base that was closed in 2004 as part of a base realignment and closure (BRAC).

Roosevelt Roads, located on the eastern coast of the island, is equipped with a “large scale airfield and deep-water port facilities,” according t

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