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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: U.S. has 'only just begun' attacks on alleged drug boats

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the Trump administration has "only just begun" attacking suspected drug boats.

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Hegseth's Alleged Order To 'Kill Everybody' Complicates Trump's Defense of His Murderous Anti-Drug Campaign

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in hot water – again

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Trump administration news: Admiral briefs Congress as scrutiny builds over strikes on alleged drug boats

Double-tap controversy: Top House and Senate lawmakers appeared divided along party lines after classified briefings with the admiral who oversaw a follow-up strike on an alleged Caribbean drug boat i...

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The Latest: Navy admiral who ordered attack that killed boat strike survivors briefs lawmakers

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VIDEO: Trump CONFIRMS Hegseth’s Role in War Crimes, Promises Footage of Second Strike in Venezuela

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Survivors of Sept. 2 boat strike were waving before second attack

Two people who survived an early September U.S. attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean were waving overhead before they were killed in a now-controversial second strike, according to two sour...

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Video of Boat Strike Shows Survivors Waving Before Fatal Follow-Up Attack

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Boat strike 'textbook example' of illegal order, experts say

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Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers

The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...

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Admiral who ordered alleged drug boat strike briefs lawmakers

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3 key questions about the US boat strike that killed survivors

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Investigation into military strike on Venezuelan drug boat

There is concern that a 2nd strike killed 2 survivors clinging to wreckage after the initial strike.

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U.S Admiral Denies 'Kill Them All' Order By Hegseth; Capitol Erupts Over 2nd Strike Video

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Top lawmaker says US forces killed 'shipwrecked sailors'

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Live updates: Leavitt defends Caribbean boat strikes, describes them as ‘self-defense’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is coming under a congressional microscope over reports of a second strike to take out survivors or an earlier strike on a boat allegedly carrying drus and

Spec ops chief ordered deadly Caribbean strike ‘in self-defense’ with Hegseth’s sign-off, White House says

White House confirms and defends second strike against alleged drug smugglers in Caribbean waters, amid Trump administration's anti-drug crusade.

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“Secretary of War Crimes”: Pete Hegseth accused of murder for alleged order to kill strike survivors

Like a turtle on its back, Pete Hegseth is floundering.

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Exclusive: US sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say

The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week,

Pete Hegseth is unfit to lead the Pentagon

The White House has denied the reporting and Hegseth has labelled it “fabricated”. President Donald Trump said he believed Hegseth’s denial that he gave an order to strike a wrecked boat a second time,

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Pentagon declares 'total exoneration' of Pete Hegseth in Signal flap

The Defense Department's inspector general office concluded that Hegseth's decision to relay the details of a pending strike in a commercial messaging app risked putting troops in danger,

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The New York Times is suing the Pentagon over Pete Hegseth's press policy

The New York Times on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense over the press restrictions Secretary Pete Hegseth introduced in October that prompted reporters from most major news organizations to surrender their Pentagon badges.