Defense secretary pete hegseth briefed congressional leaders on tuesday about the monthslong military campaign targeting people suspected of being drug traffickers at sea. The lawmakers are seizing on to president trump's own comments this week that he would have no problem releasing the footage to the public. Hegseth provided a classified briefing for congressional leaders alongside secretary of state marco rubio and other top national security officials.
Lawmakers are demanding a full accounting from dod on the strikes that killed two people who were clinging to the wreckage of an initial strike. Military strikes on an alleged venezuelan drug boat that have inflamed tensions on capitol hill Hegseth speaks out on controversial sept
2 boat strikes and defended the decisions he says navy adm. Democrats on the house armed services committee are pressing secretary of defense pete hegseth to release video of u.s