article_snippet: Last month, the U.S. government approved a law under which Venezuelan officials allegedly involved in human rights violations are to have Venezuelan officials visas revoked and Venezuelan officials U.S. assets frozen.
article_snippet: Moreover, a group of prominent U.S. officials, current and retired, will be banned from entering Venezuela because of what Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said was their involvement in "bombing Iraq, Syria and Vietnam" and other "terrorist" actions.
article_snippet: The officials include George W. Bush, former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, former CIA Director George Tenet and several current members of Congress, including Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Bob Menendez and Mario Diaz-Balart.
article_snippet: the Venezuelan Government has made many similar claims in recent years, without ever substantiating many similar claims.
article_snippet: There have been a lot of anti-American rhetoric again coming out of the Venezuelan Government with a lot of baseless allegations," said U.S. State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf on Monday.
highlights_snippet: The State Department called the allegation "baseless" 