House and Senate committees launch inquiries into reported second strike on alleged drug boat

Both the House and Senate have started inquiries into a reported second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean last September that killed the survivors of an initial strike

Both the House and Senate have started inquiries into a reported second strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean last September that killed the survivors of an initial strike.

According to reporting from The Washington Post, which cited “two people with direct knowledge of the operation,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth allegedly gave a spoken order on Sept. 2 to kill everyone aboard a vessel suspected of carrying drugs — the first of nearly two dozen boat strikes in the region since that day. The Post also said its reporting “is based on interviews with and accounts from seven people with knowledge of the Sept. 2 strike and the overall operation.”

The Post reported that after an initial strike showed two survivors, the commander overseeing the attack reportedly ordered a second strike to kill them.

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The top Republican and Democrat on the GOP-led Senate Armed Services Committee said in a statement Friday that the committee was aware of recent reports.