US EditionLawmakers voice support for congressional reviews of Trump’s military strikes on boats
Congressional committees are investigating U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats after reports of a follow-up strike killing survivors, with over 80 deaths in recent months.
- On Friday, congressional leaders announced oversight hearings, with Sen. Susan Collins and U.S. Rep. Jared Golden supporting investigations into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's alleged actions.
- Last week, The Washington Post reported that the early-September attack marked the first of more than 20 maritime strikes linked to Venezuela, killing more than 80 people in three months.
- Legal authorities note the Defense Department's Law of War Manual says orders to fire on shipwrecked survivors are `clearly illegal`, and legal experts warned the boat strikes may be unlawful.
- Political reactions included Sen. Ed Markey calling Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth `a war criminal` and the White House defending the strike Monday as `in accordance with the law of armed conflict`, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
- Sen. Angus King warned Monday that if a second strike targeted survivors, it would be `a stone-cold war crime` and `murder`, while Republican and Democratic Armed Services committee leaders promised bipartisan oversight and investigations under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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Two survivors of a missile attack on a Venezuelan ship were killed while clinging to debris. The Trump administration legitimizes it by calling drug trafficking a threat to the United States, but it could have far-reaching consequences, writes US correspondent Jacob Fuglsang in this analysis.
Schumer: Hegseth Is a Known Liar, 'He's Hiding Something'
Monday on CNN's "The Lead," Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was a known liar who is "hiding something" about the follow-up strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean in September.
Markey calls Pete Hegseth a 'war criminal,' joining bipartisan reproach after report that U.S. forces killed boat strike survivors in Carribean
Hegseth gave an order to "kill everybody" on an alleged drug vessel, leading to a potentially illegal second strike to kill survivors.
The Pentagon boss was controversial right from the start – but the US President's wish candidate. Suspected war crimes in the Caribbean could now cost him his office.
Information about a follow-up attack on survivors of a US attack on a suspected smuggling boat triggers demands for Pete Hegseth to be questioned in Congress.
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