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HomeSecretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Interim President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Juan Guaidó, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2020. [State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]

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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Interim President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Juan Guaidó, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2020. [State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]

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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Interim President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Juan Guaidó, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 6, 2020. [State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]

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