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As ministers responsible for national security maintain silence on ongoing operations with the United States, acting Foreign Affairs Minister Barry Padarath says that joint military training with Washington will continue.
Yesterday, the United States Marine Corps 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), which was deployed to the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), was scheduled to end its training with the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF). The training began on November 16 and ended yesterday.
There has been growing public scrutiny over the Government’s handling of recent security cooperation. Yesterday, the Minister of Homeland Security declined to answer reporters’ questions, walking past the media silently as he headed into Parliament.
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