US EditionTrump Administration Cuts Democrats Out of a Briefing on US Military Strikes, Top Senate Dem Says
The Trump administration held a partisan Senate briefing on Caribbean military strikes, excluding Democrats and withholding legal justifications amid war powers concerns, Sen. Warner said.
- The Trump administration cut out Democratic lawmakers from a briefing on US military strikes against suspected drug-smuggling vessels, which a top Senate Democrat called 'a partisan stunt'.
- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said the US military conducted another strike that day, killing four people aboard a vessel carrying narcotics in the Pacific Ocean.
- Some lawmakers have said they have not received the information they want about the operations, which have killed 61 people aboard 15 total boats.
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Sen. Warner fumes after Democrats shut out of boat strikes briefing
(The Hill) -- Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, blasted the Trump administration following reports that his Republican counterparts were briefed on the unilateral strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. In a forceful statement, Warner condemned the reported partisan briefing as “indefensible,” expressing concern about the “troubling precedent” that such a move sets. “Shutting Democrats …
Warner fumes after Democrats shut out of boat strikes briefing
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, blasted the Trump administration following reports that his Republican counterparts were briefed on the unilateral strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. In a forceful statement, Warner condemned the reported partisan briefing as “indefensible,” expressing concern about the “troubling precedent” that such…
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