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Questions grow about U.S. strategy to Venezuela, after at least 4 'drug boat' strikes

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Here & Now's Rob Schmitz speaks with former ambassador to Venezuela Patrick Duddy about the U.S. strategy to Venezuela.

U.S. forces sank another boat last week off the coast of Venezuela that officials, without evidence, say was transporting drugs. Trump administration officials last week notified Congress that the U.S. is in "non-international armed conflict" with Venezuelan drug cartels.

This segment aired on October 6, 2025.

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