Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is pressing War Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide testimony and documents to Congress amid mounting scrutiny over U.S. military strikes on vessels the Trump administration has described as narcotics-trafficking “drug boats.”
The push follows revelations about a Sept. 2 operation near Venezuela in which a first strike disabled a boat and a second strike later hit the vessel again, killing two survivors shown clinging to the wreckage in video reviewed by lawmakers.
“I think he should testify under oath about the orders that were given,” Paul told reporters after testimony from Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Adm. Frank “Mitch” Bradley, who oversaw the Sept. 2 strike.
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