US EditionRand Paul: Hegseth is either ‘lying to us’ about boat strike or ‘he’s incompetent’
The strikes destroyed a Venezuelan drug boat and killed survivors of the initial attack, part of a U.S. campaign to eliminate narcotics threats, White House said.
- 1- Sen. Rand Paul sharply criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for defending a second strike on survivors of an initial attack on an alleged drug boat, after previously calling the report “fake news.” 2- Paul said Hegseth was either “lying” about his knowledge of the strike or “incompetent,” given his conflicting statements. 3- The senator noted that Hegseth denied the incident one day, only for the White House to confirm it the next.
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Four Shots at an Unarmed Boat in Uncontested Waters
Twenty-eight paragraphs into the story that first focused attention on the murder Pete Hegseth ordered back in September (though as it notes, Nick Turse first revealed the second shot just days after the attack) is this revelation: it took four strikes to kill first the people then destroy any debris from the targeted boats. The boat in the first strike was hit a total of four times, twice to kill the crew and twice more to sink it, four people …
Rand Paul Slams Hegseth Over Justification Of Double-Tap Attack Against Alleged Drug Boat: 'Either He Was Lying To Us Or He's Incompetent'
Republican Sen. Rand Paul slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the different explanations given about a second strike that killed survivors of a first attack against an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean.
'The Daily Show' Slams Pete Hegseth's Response to the Boat-Strike Controversy: 'The Secretary of Defensiveness'
“The Daily Show” laid into Pete Hegseth and his response to the boat strike scandal by slamming him as “the Secretary of Defensiveness.” Host Desi Lydic addressed the growing war crimes concerns over a September boat strike and the Secretary of War’s subsequent defense of the armed conflict during Tuesday’s episode of “The Daily Show.” Namely, Lydic blasted Hegseth as “a little bitch” for seemingly throwing Admiral Mitch Bradley “under the boat”…
Democratic lawmakers call on Pete Hegseth to resign over second deadly Venezuela boat strike - The Boston Globe
Democratic lawmakers urge Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to resign after reports of a second strike on a Venezuelan drug boat, which some say could be a war crime.
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