US EditionHow the White House Account of September Boat Strike Has Evolved
Senate Armed Services Committee investigates Sept. 2 airstrikes that killed survivors on a Venezuelan drug boat amid allegations of unlawful orders by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
- On Sept. 2, U.S. forces carried out a double airstrike that hit a suspected Venezuelan drug boat off Trinidad with 11 people aboard and killed two survivors clinging to wreckage.
- Reports from The Washington Post allege Pete Hegseth gave a verbal order to `kill everybody` during the September 2 strikes, while officials say Admiral Frank Bradley made the call to sink the boat and the White House later confirmed his order.
- The Senate Armed Services Committee, led by Sen. Roger Wicker , opened a probe, and Republican members plan classified interviews while Sen. Mike Rounds urged a classified hearing.
- Republican senators pressed for accountability, with Sen. Joni Ernst demanding "full accountability and transparency" and Sen. Rand Paul urging Hegseth to testify under oath, while Sen. Todd Young warned allies and partners might halt cooperation if laws of war are ignored.
- The White House has offered shifting explanations and confirmed the second strike on Monday, while President Donald Trump said, `I don't think we're going necessarily to ask for a declaration of war...They're going to be, like, dead.
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Top Dem Says Admiral in Charge of ‘Double Tap’ Strike Cleared Hegseth of WaPo’s ‘Kill Them All’ Accusation
Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said on Thursday that Navy Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley denied The Washington Post’s report that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave a “kill them all” order against an alleged drug smuggling boat. “The Admiral confirmed that there had not been a kill them all order and that there was not an order to grant no quarter,” Himes told reporters on Thursday after a briefing w…
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth Under Scrutiny Over Venezuela Boat Strikes
Pete Hegseth barely squeaked through a grueling Senate confirmation process to become secretary of defense earlier this year, facing lawmakers wary of the Fox News Channel host and skeptical of his capacity, temperament and fitness for the job.
Hegseth’s Changing Story on the Caribbean Strike
In early September, the day after the first strike of the Trump Administration’s bombing campaign against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared on Fox News to give a detailed account of the deadly incident. “I watched it live,” he said during the interview. “We knew exactly who was in that boat, we knew exactly what they were doing, and we knew exactly who they represented.” [time-brightcove not…
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