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Trump Asks Pentagon to Look at Panama Canal Options

Pentagon tasked with providing ‘military options’ to ensure US access to Panama Canal, memo says

American access to the Panama Canal, one of several new directives outlined in what amounts to a major overhaul of US strategic priorities, according to a new memo that was sent to senior leaders and reviewed by CNN.

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Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say

Potential plans range from partnering more closely with Panamanian security forces to a less likely option of U.S. troops' seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News.

U.S. News & World Report · 3d

Pentagon Asked for Military Options to Access Panama Canal, Officials Say

President Donald Trump has said repeatedly he wants to "take back" the Panama Canal, which is located at the narrowest part of the isthmus between North and South America and is considered one of the world's most strategically important waterways,

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PHOTO COLLECTION: Panama Canal

A cargo ship sails through the Panama Canal, in Panama City, June 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File) U.S. Secretary ...

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Trouble at the Panama Canal

It is about the loss of a way of life. The Panama Canal Zone, a 553 square mile area that for about seventy-five years was U.S. sovereign territory, was at one point home to 100,000 Americans.

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Trump Asks Pentagon to Look at Panama Canal Options

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