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Headlines: Trump’s call with Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest News from The Australian. I'm Christinamia with the
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  Speaker 1: front's afternoon headlines. Donald Trump confirmed he spoke on the
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  Speaker 1: phone with Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro as tensions between the
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  Speaker 1: two nations rise, but the US President didn't elaborate beyond that, you.
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  Speaker 2: Say it went well, I would say it went well
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  Speaker 2: or badly the looks of phone calls.
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  Speaker 1: In a social media post on Saturday, Trump said the
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  Speaker 1: airspace above and around Venezuela should be considered closed. The
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  Speaker 1: White House says its military build up in the region
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  Speaker 1: is part of the administration's attempt to curb drug trafficking,
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  Speaker 1: and the US President indicated strikes against Venezuela could be
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  Speaker 1: just around the corner.
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  Speaker 2: But we're going to take care of that situation. We're
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  Speaker 2: already doing a lot, and we'll be starting to stop
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  Speaker 2: them by land. Also, the land is easier, but that's
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  Speaker 2: going to start very soon. We'd warned them stop said
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  Speaker 2: poison to our country.
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  Speaker 1: The Department of Defense is getting a makeover. Richard Miles
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  Speaker 1: announced sweeping changes that will see three branches combined into
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  Speaker 1: a newly formed agency and could see a third of
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  Speaker 1: senior staff officers and program directors booted from the department.
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  Speaker 1: Miles previously said everything is on the table as he
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  Speaker 1: looks to cut costs and speed up long delayed programs.
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  Speaker 1: Test cricketer Travis Head reckons batting orders are overrated, and
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  Speaker 1: he says he's happy to open the batting when Australia
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  Speaker 1: meets England in the second Test of the men's Ashes
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  Speaker 1: series in Brisbane on Thursday.
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  Speaker 3: So I've give myself as an option if that's what
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  Speaker 3: was necessary for the team and best suited for the team.
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  Speaker 3: And look, we've been in that conversation a fairbel over
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  Speaker 3: the last two years. We're back at it again. So
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  Speaker 3: for me, it's just about working out where at Steve
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  Speaker 3: ron bailes dollars, where the guys see me best in
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  Speaker 3: the team and where I can best contribute and how
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  Speaker 3: are we going to the crew.
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  Speaker 1: That's after Head put on a sensational second inning century
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  Speaker 1: in the first Test in Perth and its heaping pressure
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  Speaker 1: on an injured usman Kawaja to maintain his spot at
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  Speaker 1: the top of the batting order. Check out those stories
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  Speaker 1: live right now at the Australian dot Com dot au
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  Speaker 1: and come back to the front first thing in the morning,