Episode
Are the United States and Venezuela on the Brink of War?
- Podcast
- The Last Line of Defense
- Published
- Dec 4, 2025
- Duration seconds
- 1865
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Summary
Host Seth Jones sits down with Juan Cruz, who served in the U.S. Intelligence Community and on the National Security Council as special assistant to the president and senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs, to discuss the U.S. military’s role in the Venezuela crisis and provide an inside look at Maduro’s armed forces.