http://dagblog.com/link/latin-america-slams-trumps-venezuela-military-options-threat-23248 Comments for "Latin America slams Trump's Venezuela 'military options' threat" en http://dagblog.com/comment/241484#comment-241484 <a id="comment-241484"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/latin-america-slams-trumps-venezuela-military-options-threat-23248">Latin America slams Trump&#039;s Venezuela &#039;military options&#039; threat</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div> <p><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/12/sasse-trump-venezuela-military-option-241562">Sasse on Trump’s Venezuela remarks: ‘No’</a></p> <div>@ Pollitico.com, 08/12/2017 09:07 AM ED</div> </div> <blockquote> <p>[....] "No,” said the Nebraska senator. “Congress obviously isn't authorizing war in Venezuela.”</p> <p>Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is a “horrible human being,” Sasse added, “but Congress doesn’t vote to spill Nebraskans' blood based on who the executive lashes out at today."</p> <p>The rebuke from Sasse, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, comes amid deteriorating relations between Trump and Republican senators. The president this week feuded with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel (R-Ky.), with the pair trading jabs over who’s to blame for the Senate’s failure to act on Trump’s legislative agenda [....]</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Sun, 13 Aug 2017 00:12:53 +0000 artappraiser comment 241484 at http://dagblog.com