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With this week’s arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier along with her three destroyers and one attack submarine escorts, the U.S. military has completed a major buildup around Venezuela . It could now credibly attempt a decapitation operation against dictator Nicolas Maduro should President Donald Trump order it. The president has already authorized CIA action to destabilize Maduro’s regime.

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