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Top Pentagon officials visit Puerto Rico
Bangkok Post
|September 10, 2025
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and the top US general Dan Caine made a surprise visit to Puerto Rico on Monday, the first trip by senior Pentagon officials there since the start of amilitary buildup in the Caribbean that has escalated tensions with Venezuela.
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Mr Hegseth and Gen Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, were seen being received by Puerto Rico's governor, Jenniffer Gonzalez, in photographs she posted to social media site X.
The Pentagon declined to comment on the trip and no explanation of their travel was provided to reporters.
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