Newsweek: The positioning of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and the guided-missile destroyer Gravely represents a dramatic escalation in the region, underscoring the Pentagon’s growing readiness for possible military action.
Washington Post: Amid a buildup of American forces in the Caribbean, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is reaching out to Russia, China and Iran to enhance its worn military capabilities and solicit assistance, requesting defensive radars, aircraft repairs and potentially missiles, according to internal U.S. government documents obtained by The Washington Post…