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Lessons learned from the US raid on Venezuela

CSIS' Mark Cancian weighs in on lessons learned from Operation Absolute Resolve and what may lie ahead for US defense.

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All eyes are on Venezuela after the US military’s Jan. 3 surprise attack on Caracas that captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and killed at least 80 military personnel and civilians. In a new episode of The Weekly Break Out, Breaking Defense Editor-in-Chief Aaron Mehta speaks to Mark Cancian of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about what Operation Absolute Resolve means for global defense and what might happen next.