U.S. Special Forces extract Maduro from Caracas (Operation Absolute Resolve)
The Hugh Hewitt Show: Highly Concentrated
Salem Podcast Network
4.4 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 6 January 2026
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Hugh discusses Operation Absolute Resolve, the latest news for Venezuela, and talks with Senator Tom Cotton, former Ambassador and NSA Robert C. O'Brien, Dr. Michael Oren, Daniel Runde, and Vic Matus.
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| 0:54.1 | And what a remarkable weekend. And my hat is off to the American military. Some were wounded in this and prayers for their quick recovery. According to the government of Cuba, 32 Cuban security forces were killed in Operation Absolute Resolved, but we haven't had that confirmed by |
| 1:12.1 | American sources yet. But apparently a couple of the special forces that entered the Maduro |
| 1:18.5 | compound to take the dictator and his spouse out and put them into American custody, get |
| 1:24.8 | them to Brooklyn, where he appeared in court earlier today. |
| 1:32.1 | We're wounded. Our prayers for their family, more details on that as it occurs. First thing I want to say is it was absolutely legal. Now, I realize we have Steelers fans, and then they might |
| 1:37.5 | even be sober yet because of the way that they won yesterday. Article 2, Section 1, first |
| 1:42.6 | sentence, the executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States. Article 2, Section 1, first sentence, the executive power shall be vested in a president of the United States. |
| 1:47.6 | Article 2, Section 2, first sentence, the president shall be the commander-in-chief of the Army and the Navy of the United States. |
| 1:54.4 | You know what that means? |
| 1:55.5 | That means he runs the Department of Justice, which had an indictment against Nicholas Maduro and his wife for many years now, |
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