Barack Obama actually said...

[M]y sense is that what Mr. Chavez has done over the last several years has not had a serious National security impact on us.

We see this as an opportunity to dramatically increase U.S. exports, to increase U.S. leadership in the fastest growing part of the world.

The best course of action would be for there to be a general de-escalation of the violence.

That's not in the job description of Lieutenant Gallagher.