Trump’s pick to lead US Southern Command deflects on Venezuela questions

Trump’s pick to lead US Southern Command deflects on Venezuela questions


The president’s nominee to be the next commander of U.S. Southern Command declined to answer several questions during his confirmation hearing on Thursday about the military operations near Venezuela.

Marine Corps Lieutenant General Francis Donovan, who serves as Vice Commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), appeared in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday morning for his confirmation hearing alongside Lieutenant General Joshua Rudd, the president’s nominee to be the next Director of National Security Agency and commander of U.S. Cyber Command.

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Many of the committee members’ questions for Donovan centered on his view of the military’s operations in the Western Hemisphere in the last several months — ranging from the lethal targeting of purported

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