president in venezuela, a smaller one where we left it as of january 24th. that changed last night. mike pam pompeo saying the u.s.l withdraw all this week siting the deteriorating situation in the country much of venezuela has been without power and hospitals struggling to keep equipment running and food is rotting and the water distribution system is down and you can only live without water for so long. even the u.s. embassy is currently not connected to water or electricity. without electricity in particular, our diplomats have no way of communicating with h.h h.h h.q. in the united states. it s not clear what happens next and what it means if we re pulling all our diplomatic personnel out now. does that mean we re giving up on any u.s. presence in venezuela, any diplomatic ef