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Ted Yoho compares Russian base in Venezuela to Cuban missile crisis

By Joel Gehrke
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Ted Yoho compares Russian base in Venezuela to Cuban missile crisis

President Trump and lawmakers should impose new sanctions on Russia if Moscow attempts to establish a base for nuclear bombers in the Caribbean Sea, according to a senior House Republican.

“This country almost went to nuclear war over the Cuban missile crisis,” Florida Rep. Ted Yoho, one of the top Republicans on the Foreign Affairs Committee, told the Washington Examiner. “This is no different, it’s just that we’re not focused like we should be on protecting this hemisphere.”

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