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On the recordJanuary 4, 2026
The people in Venezuela who are still in charge of the apparatus of the government are sanctioned and indicted officials, and they've been in league with Nicolas Maduro until just yesterday.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas
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Discussing the Venezuelan government officials post-Maduro.

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