U.S. Army Lieutenant General; nominee to command U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)
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U.S. Army Lieutenant General; nominee to command U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) - Nominated to lead SOUTHCOM amid the Caribbean deployment and Venezuela maritime escalation; confirmation pending.
Trump’s Venezuela “blockade” threat is no longer just rhetoric—it’s being scaffolded by fresh Treasury actions and a widening target universe. Since the blockade announcement, Washington has added new Venezuela-linked sanctions and separately hit Iran’s shadow-fleet network, expanding the pool of already-sanctioned vessels that could be swept into real-world stop-and-search enforcement if they touch Venezuela’s trade.
Updated Dec 20, 2025
U.S. Army Lt. Gen.; nominee to command U.S. Southern Command - Nominated by President Trump to lead SOUTHCOM; pending Senate confirmation as maritime strikes and Venezuela-linked tensions escalate
What began as a made-for-video “counterdrug” campaign is now colliding with full-spectrum oversight politics. After SOUTHCOM’s Dec. 16 strike-footage release, the U.S. military publicly acknowledged additional lethal actions that pushed reported deaths past 100 across roughly 28 known strikes since Sept. 2—while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed every member of Congress and signaled the Pentagon will not publicly release the full, unedited video record of the controversial Sept. 2 double-strike episode.
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