United States, lawmakers demand Department of War to release all recordings of military actions in the Caribbean

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Lawmakers in the United States demanded that the Department of War release all recordings of military operations carried out in the Caribbean, insisting on transparency and accountability regarding the nation’s actions in the region. teleSUR

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00:00In the United States, the Secretary of War, Pete Hexeth, continues to face serious problems

00:04over operations carried out under his command in the Caribbean.

00:07The Senate is requesting other visual material from one of the attacks.

00:11Lawmakers from both chambers question the Secretary's new version,

00:14who has gone from knowing nothing about what happened

00:16to admitting that he witnessed the maneuver, but only the first part.

00:21In this context, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee,

00:24Republican Roger Wicker, asserted that Secretary Hexeth confirmed a second attack

00:29in which two survivors were executed in a shipwreck after a U.S. strike destroyed their vessel.

00:33The Secretary of War has tried to shift all responsibility for the operation

00:37to Admiral Mitch Bradley through several Republican lawmakers

00:41questioned his transparency and his versions of events.

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