"Hegseth visited troops on the USS Iwo Jima warship on Monday, where, in reference to the administration's push to curtail drug trade into the US, he said: What you're doing right now is not training; this is a real-world exercise on behalf of the vital national interests of the United States of America to end the poisoning of the American people."
"Hegseth, whose department was recently renamed by Trump from the Department of Defense to the Department of War, paid a surprise visit to the warship alongside Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In a post on X, Jenniffer Gonzalez, Puerto Rico's governor, welcomed Hegseth and Caine and thanked Trump for recognizing the strategic value Puerto Rico has to the national security of the United States and the fight against drug cartels in our hemisphere, perpetuated by narco-dictator Nicolas Maduro,"
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared the US Marines' Caribbean deployment a real-world operation to stop drugs entering the United States. He visited troops aboard the USS Iwo Jima with Joint Chiefs chairman Dan Caine. Puerto Rico's governor welcomed the visit and thanked the president for recognizing Puerto Rico's strategic national security value in combating regional drug cartels. The department was recently renamed by Trump from the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Tensions with Venezuela spiked after a US strike sank a Venezuelan boat, killing 11. Rights groups condemned the action as an unlawful extrajudicial killing, and members of Congress questioned its legal basis.
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