« on: December 01, 2025, 05:51:01 pm »
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/1/white-house-says-commander-pete-hegseth-gave-second-strike-order/The White House on Monday said Adm. Frank M. “Mitch” Bradley was responsible for the deadly and controversial second strike on a Venezuelan boat suspected of carrying drugs through international waters on Sept. 2.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Adm. Bradley, the U.S. Special Operations Command’s commander, issued the order.
“And he was well within his authority to do so,” she said.
The comments effectively distanced Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from the controversy.
Lawmakers in both parties want a full accounting of the episode, in which the military appeared to conduct a second strike to eliminate two boatmen who survived the initial strike. They are worried the incident could amount to a war crime.
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Not a good look...makes Hegseth look guilty of something.
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