Most Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee heaped praise on their former committee colleague for his leading role in the administration’s Venezuela policy. However, two Republican senators joined Democrats in voicing concerns, including about the international implications of the administration’s legal justifications for toppling the Maduro government.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent nearly three hours on Wednesday parrying questions from Senate Democrats on the U.S. military incursion in Venezuela and the lack of congressional authorization or even consultation going into the early January operation to seize President Nicolás Maduro.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent nearly three hours on Wednesday parrying questions from Senate Democrats on the U.S. military incursion in Venezuela and the lack of congressional authorization or even consultation going into the early January operation to seize President Nicolás Maduro.
Most Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee heaped praise on their former committee colleague for his leading role in the administration’s Venezuela policy.
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