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By Lisa Mascaro WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Within a week of Donald Trump\u2019s election, Sen. Lindsey Graham counseled the president-elect to quickly send a message to the drug cartels from the White House. \u201cBlow up something,\u201d Graham told Trump. The brazen military strike on a suspected drug-smuggling speedboat carrying 11 people from Venezuelathis month is just what the South Carolina senator had in mind. But it has cleaved fresh divisions within the Republican Party over Trump\u2019s campaign promise to keep the U.S. out of foreign entanglements and the reality of a commander in chief whose America First agenda is pursuing a tougher military stance. And it\u2019s raising stark questions about just how far Trump intends to wield his presidential power over the U.S. military without a robust check on the executive… <\/p>\n

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By Lisa Mascaro WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Within a week of Donald Trump\u2019s election, Sen. Lindsey Graham counseled the president-elect to quickly send a message to the drug cartels from the White House. \u201cBlow up something,\u201d Graham told Trump. The brazen military strike on a suspected drug-smuggling speedboat carrying 11 people from Venezuelathis month is just what the South Carolina senator had in mind. But it has cleaved fresh divisions within the Republican Party over Trump\u2019s campaign promise to keep the U.S. out of foreign entanglements and the reality of a commander in chief whose America First agenda is pursuing a tougher military stance. And it\u2019s raising stark questions about just how far Trump intends to wield his presidential power over the U.S. military without a robust check on the executive... <\/p>\n

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