Caine
Americannoun
noun
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Rubio began to meet regularly with Miller, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe and Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to discuss the potential military operation.
As Caine spoke, the president’s eyes appeared closed, as if he were fighting off sleep while standing up.
From Salon
U.S. elite forces descended on Maduro’s compound at around 2 a.m. local time Saturday, grabbing him and his wife before they could escape to a safe room, said Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
It required months of work by U.S. intelligence and included at least one informant within the Venezuelan government who helped the U.S. “understand how he moved, where he lived, where he traveled, what he ate, what he wore, what were his pets,” said Caine.
The U.S. force “maintained the element of surprise” as it descended on Maduro’s compound, Caine said.
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