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Hegseth is engulfed in a political firestorm after reports claim he ordered a second strike on a Venezuelan drug boat to killsurviving crew members. While he dismisses the allegations as fake news, Democrats accuse him of war crimes and demand the release of strike tapes. Republicans seek oversight as the White House confirms a second strike but shifts responsibility to Admiral Bradley. With Trump distancing himself, pressure mounts for full disclosure in a scandal shaking Washington.     #Hegseth #DrugBoatStrike #Venezuela #Pentagon #WarCrimesAllegations #BreakingNews #TrumpAdministration #SecondStrike #WashingtonScandal #KillOrderClaim #PoliticalFirestorm #MarkKelly #Schumer #StrikeTapes #AdmiralBradley #USPolitics #MilitaryControversy #Congress #Accountability #NationalSecurity #WhiteHouse #HegsethScandal #VenezuelaCrisis #Oversight #Republicans #Democrats #PoliticalDrama #DefenseDepartment #ChainOfCommand #WarPowers  ~HT.96~

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00:00United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth

00:29is facing fire over his alleged order to kill all the remaining survivors on a claimed

00:34Venezuelan drug boat in the Caribbean.

00:37The Washington Post last week reported that a US military strike on an alleged drug boat

00:43on September 2 left two survivors.

00:46However, a second strike was ordered on the same boat to kill them as well.

00:51The report claimed that this second strike was carried out at Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's

00:57command, who ordered to kill everybody on board the boat.

01:01Even though Hegseth decried the report as fake news, Republican-led committees overseeing

01:06the Pentagon have vowed to conduct a vigorous oversight into the strikes.

01:12The controversy soon blew up into an all-out scandal as Democrats pounced on the issue and

01:17demanded answers from the Trump administration and accused Hegseth of war crimes.

01:23Senator Mark Kelly, a former Navy aviator, blasted Hegseth over the strike, calling it

01:28clearly not lawful.

01:29Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer demanded that the Pentagon release the tapes of the

01:34strike and show exactly what had transpired during the strikes.

01:38Even some Republican lawmakers raised doubts over the strike.

01:42Representative Mike Turner said that if the reports were true, then it is a very serious

01:47illegal act.

01:49Pressed by the media, President Donald Trump on Sunday distanced himself from at least

01:53one aspect of the operation.

01:55He said he would not have preferred a second attack on the vessel and had been told by Hegseth

02:00himself that he did not instruct anyone to kill the two survivors.

02:04On Monday, the White House confirmed that a second round of military strikes on the concern

02:08boat had indeed been ordered.

02:11Press Secretary Caroline Levitt seemed to be shifting the onus from Hegseth onto Navy Commander

02:16Admiral Bradley.

02:18Levitt, however, clarified that Admiral Bradley was authorized by Secretary Hegseth to conduct

02:23the strikes and was well within his authority to ensure the boat was destroyed and the threat

02:28eliminated.

02:29President Trump and Secretary Hegseth have made it clear that presidentially designated

02:34narco terrorist groups are subject to lethal targeting in accordance with the laws of war.

02:40With respect to the strikes in question on September 2nd, Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral

02:46Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes.

02:49Admiral Bradley worked well within his authority and the law, directing the engagement to ensure

02:54the boat was destroyed and the threat to the United States of America.

02:58Secretary Hegseth has come out in support of Admiral Bradley, calling him an American hero

03:03who has his 100% support.

03:05Hegseth backed the combat decisions made by Bradley on September 2.

03:09The Democrats, however, continue to target Trump and Hegseth over the issue.

03:14Chuck Schumer has sought evidence and demanded the release of tapes of the strike.

03:19Representative Hakeem Jeffries accused the White House of lying, claiming that Pete Hegseth

03:23was absolutely involved.

03:25The controversy over the strikes have added a new dimension to the US military operations

03:30against so-called narco terrorists and the resultant conflict with Venezuela.

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