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Elliott Abrams: “We think that this opinion is spreading within the military that the current situation is untenable.”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2019
We think that this opinion is spreading within the military that the current situation is untenable.
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Elliott Abrams

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Abrams discusses growing discontent in the Venezuelan military against Maduro's regime.

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