Bill Nelson actually said...

In these upcoming elections in the Dominican Republic that we are worried about some questions of honesty in the elections, do you have a force structure that you can call on if chaos were to erupt there or, for example, in Venezuela; where the interests of Americans were suddenly threatened, that you would be able to get your hands on the assets to respond to that?

Context

Asking about U.S. military readiness for potential chaos in the Dominican Republic and Venezuela.

02/04/2004

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