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Sec­re­tary of State Mar­co Ru­bio and oth­er top of­fi­cials briefed lead­ers in Con­gress late Mon­day on the strik­ing mil­i­tary op­er­a­tion in Venezuela amid mount­ing con­cerns that Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump is em­bark­ing on a new era of U.S. ex­pan­sion­ism with­out con­sul­ta­tion with law­mak­ers or a clear vi­sion for run­ning the South Amer­i­can coun­try.

Af­ter the brief­ing, House Speak­er Mike John­son told re­porters that he does not ex­pect the Unit­ed States to de­ploy troops to Venezuela, em­pha­siz­ing that U.S. ac­tions there are “not a regime change” op­er­a­tion.

De­mo­c­ra­t­ic lead­ers said the ses­sion lacked clar­i­ty about the Trump Ad­min­is­tra­tion’s plans for Venezuela. Sen. Chuck Schumer said the ses­sion “posed far more ques­tions than it an­swered.”