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President Maduro's former chief of staff tells CNN he is 'outraged that my country was bombed'

Temir Porras, who was ousted President Nicolás Maduro's chief of staff from 2007-2013, tells CNN's Isa Soares that he cares about the stability of his country and that the leadership in Venezuela is showing "maturity and balance in the movement they're making."

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