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Ukraine negotiations at a dead end
• 50 day deadline before the bone crushing sanctions against Russia are supposed to begin passes, nothing happens, no one seems to care
• A new National Defense Strategy is completed, saying we won't be pivoting to Asia after all, and "regional" missions will take precedence over countering Russia and China
• US bounty on Maduro's head is raised to $50 million
• Venezuelan cartels are designated terrorist organizations
• 3x guided missile destroyers, 1x guided missile cruiser, 1x fast attack submarine, and multiple amphibious landing craft along with 4,500 marines move to within 100mi of Venezuela's coast
• Large numbers of fighter aircraft begin returning to the US from bases in the Middle East
• Department of Defense is renamed to Department of War
• A USAF drone destroys an alleged drug cartel boat in Venezuelan waters
• A squadron of F-35s are moved to Puerto Rico
• Marines of the naval task force sent to the Caribbean begin drilling amphibious landing exercises
• Caribbean Airlines suspends flights to Venezuela for the entire month of September
• Puerto Rican media reports a military buildup there of "massive" scale
• 3x USAF refueling tankers land in the US Virgin Islands
• The US military begins widespread GPS jamming in the Caribbean