Congress plans to withhold one-quarter of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s travel budget until the Pentagon turns over videos of strikes against suspected drug-smuggling boats off the coast of Latin America, Politico reported Monday.
The demand, which was placed in the final draft of the annual defense policy bill, calls for “unedited video of strikes conducted against designated terrorist organizations in the area of responsibility of the United States Southern Command” to the House and Senate Armed Services committees.
The final draft of the defense bill was released on Sunday and is expected to be approved without changes, by the House later this week and then the Senate.
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