Senate committee vows 'vigorous oversight' in killing of boat strike survivors [View all]

Source: Washington Post

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Senate committee vows ‘vigorous oversight’ in killing of boat strike survivors

The Republican-led Senate Armed Service Committee’s pledge came after The Post reported that the defense secretary ordered that a U.S. strike on an alleged narcotics boat leave no survivors.

November 29, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. EST


Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth departs after a secure briefing about Venezuela with lawmakers and Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Capitol Hill on Nov. 5. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

By Victoria Bisset, Alex Horton, Ellen Nakashima and Noah Robertson

The head of the Republican-led Senate Armed Services Committee has pledged “vigorous oversight” after a Washington Post report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a spoken order to kill all crew members during the first U.S. strike against suspected drug smugglers in the Caribbean earlier this year.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/29/hegseth-caribbean-strikes-kill-order-reaction/

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This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) 2025-11-29T15:00:07.438Z

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This is genuinely big news. Shldnt be but is. Republicans are challenging Trump now because he seems weak. No one wantst to back a weak horse. Trump looks like the weak horse.

‪Carl Quintanilla‬
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