"Rubio spoke first, saying he was on the Hill to provide updates on this counter-drug mission, which is focused on dismantling the infrastructure of these terrorist organizations that are operating in our hemisphere, undermining the security of Americans, killing Americans, poisoning Americans. And this has been a highly successful mission that's ongoing and continued, and we're pleased to be here today to update Congress on how that's developing and how that is moving forward."
"I would just echo that. It is the 22nd bipartisan briefing we've had on a highly successful mission to counter designated terrorist organizationscartels bringing weapons, weapons meaning drugs, to the American people and poisoning the American people for far too long. He added: So we're proud of what we're doing, able to lay it out very directly to these senators and soon to the House. But it's all classified; we can't talk about it now."
"We're also going to tomorrow allow the HASC and SASC to see the unedited video of September 2nd, alongside Admiral Bradley, who has done a fantastic job, has made all the right calls, and we're glad he'll be there to do it. But in keeping with long-standing Department of Defense policy, of course we're not going to release a top-secret, full, unedited video of that to the general public."
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth refused to release the unedited top-secret video of the September 2 U.S. military strike on survivors of an alleged drug-smuggling boat, citing long-standing Department of Defense policy. Secretary of State Marco Rubio described an ongoing counter-drug mission off Venezuela aimed at dismantling cartel infrastructure that allegedly brings drugs and kills and poisons Americans, calling it highly successful and noting numerous engagements. Hegseth echoed Rubio, called the briefings bipartisan and ongoing, and said HASC and SASC will see the unedited video alongside Admiral Bradley while the general public will not receive the top-secret footage. Critics call the strike a war crime.
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